I'll bet I'm not the only person thinking about how best to use the
40M changes that will occur six years from now. Here's a suggestion
to get the ball rolling - but no doubt there are angles I haven't
thought of.
40M is a wonderful DX band, with outstanding propagation matched only
by 20M,
On the international level, at this point in time, I would strongly suggest
that 7000 ~ 7070 kHz be considered the CW subband, 7070 ~ 7100 the
digital subband, and 7100 up the phone subband, with appropriate
shifts in nets and schedules and calling frequencies and so forth.
Domestically (US