That plus the bandwidth of 160M antennas were probably taken into account in
the decision to put it at 1.840. Moving the FT8 frequency much higher would
shut a lot of the CW guys that like both modes.
73,
Bill WE5P
Comfortably Numb
> On Oct 9, 2020, at 19:48, Mail 10 wrote:
>
> I rarely
I rarely see CW activity much above 1830 kHz. The only issue I see from
time to time is SSB interference to the 1840 kHz FT8 channel.
VK band is 1800 - 1875 kHz. If a particular mode were moved above 1900
kHz, some here would miss out. We would have to do what JA FT8 ops did
until recently
In Region 1 there is no 160m band above 1900 for most countries.
1840 is a good place, it only takes 2.5kHz of spectrum.
Anyway as there are no cw stations at all most of the 160m band is not
used most of the time.
I did try to cq on cw some weeks ago when I did have holidays but no
I enjoy low band dxing and contesting. And have an above average set up. All
that said, I get on when I want.or not. Last I checked ham radio is still a
hobby not an obligation. Re FT8: My only gripe is its location on 1840. PLENTY
of room above 1900 so it wouldn't interfere with other
Sorry guys, I thought I posted the following about a month ago. Must be a long
delay echo on the 160 reflector!
Tom G3OLB
Just to say that I wholeheartedly endorse Roger's comments on repeat 160 metre
contacts. We are not all certificate hunters and many are only too happy to
rag-chew. In 58
