[CW] SSB below 7100?

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 10:54:03 -0400

Hi Will.
Here in Canada SSB ops can work anywhere on 40 Meters.
However it is very rare for them to be below 7.050.
This only remains under control from the gentlemans agreement,
they can operate legally anywhere in the band.

Most of the ops follow the gentlemans agreements on all bands,
on 80 meters I notice a tendency for the Canadian SSB ops to
slowly go lower and lower, there are a few on 3630 in the evenings.

If the U.S. hams go below 3750 on 80 then you will see the Canadians
slide down another 25 KHZ on SSB.

This would apply to other bands such as 40 and 20 if the Americans
slide down below,  for e.g.14.150 MHZ...

73

VE1DS

[email protected] wrote:

> I have been noticing quite a number of SSB signals towards the bottom
> end of 40M over the last several weeks, here in Seattle WA. The voices
> are mostly Spanish, with an occasional japanese/chinese/korean speaker
> thrown in. These are definitely hams, not SWBCers. I have spotted them
> down as low as 7035. Tonight I heard them right on 7040 (the QRP CW
> freq.!!), and several places from 7050-7065.  I know that SSB *is*
> allowed between 7075-7100 in ITU Region 2 outside of the US, but nowhere
>
> can I find reference to any authorization for SSB or other 'wideband'
> mode use below 7075. What is going on with this? It is making 40 more
> frustrating than usual. I never heard this BS before this month. I also
> heard what seemed to be a VK or ZL tonight on 7123 SSB. What gives?
>
> Will, KD7BFX
>
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