Ok ... I call foul k6xt.... Most all digital mode ops are watching the waterfall .... its hard not to miss CW.....
Most fair digital ops can recognize a fair number if digital mode by site .... Cw being the most easy.... SSB stands out like a big, fat, thumb. Mike KC7NOA > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:37:04 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: The use of digital modes on 160 metres > > Exactly. And it applies to digi operators too, many of whom are not > listening for CW or anything else in my very own personal experience. > Their software is in control - who needs to look at a radio's S meter > or, heaven forbid, actually listen to it? seems to be a common operating > situation. Ergo jamming, intentional or not. > > Its also true that no CW contester I know of will sit on a freq for up > to a minute (or even 10 seconds) waiting to see if someone's already > using it. No doubt at all there's plenty of potential for conflict in > the 1835-1840 area. Which returns me to my starting point of agreement > with Tom about the unfortunate choice of that range for digi ops. > > Since I don't use SSB and find some other band in the 160SSB tests, I > haven't had the pleasure you describe. > > IMO Tom's fruitful discussion would begin "where can we move digi ops > out of the 35-40 segment so there's reduced impact on activity > preexisting since the dawn of creation, and do it such that the digi ops > - many of whom probably also use CW and SSB on 160 - don't need to add > more antenna switching or a separate antenna". > > A discussion about how regularly parts of the band are used for DX is, > IMHO, specious. Obviously there isn't likely to be much activity til the > band opens somewhere and a DX station shows up. > > PS: Lest anyone think I'm unduly biased, while not a regular I have used > digital modes including JT65 on 160 and other bands. > > 73 Art K6XT~~ > Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. > ARRL, GMCC, CW OPS, NAQCC > ARRL TA > > On 9/16/2012 1:19 PM, Jim wrote: > > Jam existing CW? What about the SSB stations down around 1820 during a > > contest? NO ONE has the right to any frequency. Whoever gets there > > first and uses it takes priority. > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
