This seems like a well-reasoned and considerate choice. Thank you for your transparency on the frequency selection process.
-- Dave Slotter, W3DJS <https://www.qrz.com/db/W3DJS> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 2:59 PM Bill Somerville <g4...@classdesign.com> wrote: > On 17/07/2019 05:55, Jim Brown wrote: > > It has come to my attention that the default FT4 frequency on 40M has > > been set to 7047.5 As N5TM put it on Slack VHF-Chat, "this is going > > to start an all out war on 40M." I couldn't agree more. > > > > I'm very active on the HF bands, and there's a LOT of CW activity all > > the way up to at least 7060. Everything from QRP to county hunters to > > state QSO parties, to QRS ops. Whoever made that choice seems either > > pretty inconsiderate or pretty ignorant of long established practice > > on the band. I haven't looked carefully at other bands. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > Jim, > > the IARU Region 2 band plan shows 7040 - 7047 as available for up to 500 > Hz bandwidth digital modes as well as CW. It also lists 7047 - 7050 as > available for up to 500 Hz bandwidth digital modes including automatic > stations as well as CW. Those are globally coordinated with similar > slots in the Region 1 and 3 band plans. Remember that FT4 is intended > for contest use and most contests will make recommendations on > frequencies to be used. The original suggestion was 7047 but as that > clashes with the ARRL code practice service and other ARRL services we > moved up 500 Hz to steer clear of that well used spot. > > 73 > Bill > G4WJS. > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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