[AMRadio] cw

[John Macaulay]

Tomorrow, Sunday Sept 22 is the CW  part of the Classic Exchange.  There will be a good number of old Boat Anchor rigs (and operators) active most of the day.  Low key contest - more about the old rigs and enjoyment of CW.
See the web site:
www.classicexchange.org
For suggested frequencies and exchanges.
A lot of fun even if you have a modern rig.
73


 
Mac MacAulay
WQ8U
Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 21, 2013, at 2:43 PM, "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:

> It largely depends on  where you live. The only thing I ever hear between 7100 and 7125 is CW. And that is rare.
> 
> Use the message boards to set up an operating schedule in the 7050-7100 section and see what happens.
> 
> Propagation here in the PNW seems to be all East/West. Not much North/South.
> 
> The reverse beacons show it.
> 
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] cw
> 
> 
>> I like the idea of vintage CW but it doesn't have to be limited to novice speed sending. There is supposedly a vintage CW hang-out on 80m around 3550 but all the activity I hear seems to be run of the mill stuff with the usual plastic radios.
>> 
>> I think a better 40m frequency would be somewhere in 7060-7100. There is rarely any kind of activity there at all except for an occasional digital buzz and a Spanish speaking slopbucketeer. 7100-7125 is often filled with foreign SSB and an occasional broadcaster.
>> 
>> I wish  the FCC would extend the phone band down to 7100, and then all the countries agree to a band plan that would put RTTY and other digital modes somewhere  up around 7080-7100, and that CW ops would agree to spread out a little more. As it is, they are mostly all clustered down in 7000-7040 or so, RTTY, cw, data and all, with a wide swathe of under-used frequencies from 7060-7125, while the phone bands may be congested to the hilt.
>> 
>> I do hear a few CW sigs in the vicinity of 7060-80 at times, usually in the  clear enough that you could copy them OK with an S-38. The inefficiency in the way 40m frequencies worldwide are presently used, since the broadcasters mostly moved out of 7100-7200, is ridiculous.
>> 
>> Don
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