I think the digital modes should QRP on top band to make it fair. :-) :-)
Bob K6UJ On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Ron Kolarik wrote: > Finally some useful suggestions. The digital ops were only following accepted > practice when they selected the area around 1838, top end of the cw segment, > for a place to run. If all three IARU areas could be brought in to alignment > 1840-1870 > would be a good choice for digital. > > Something to think about for the "cw only" guys, if you continue to insist > digital has > no place on Topband then you've lost some new cw operators too. I dropped out > of the EME mess, both sides pissed me off, so no cw or digital from me there > either. > Do you want more cw ops or just want to work the same ones over and over and > over? > > Tree if you need to moderate, delete or boot me it's okay. > > Ron > K0IDT > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:29:47 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > To: Brian Mullaney <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: The use of digital modes on 160 metres > Message-ID: > <1214646393.424336.1348075787375.javamail.r...@sz0121a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> > > All, > > I feel the issue is that the band plans for the three regions are not > aligned, especially region 2. > > Since CW is still a popular mode of communications for this band I propose > three regions should allocate 1810-1840 for CW. > > SSB is not a popular on 160 as it is on 80 or 40. I don't hear much activity > except during contests. Digital modes will grow, so I propose allocating > 1840-1870 for narrowband digital modes and 1870-2000 for SSB and wideband > digital modes. > > Mike N2MS > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
