[CW] 80 meter activity

Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:25:07 -0400

14,100-14,150 is loaded here in the northeast with lots of foreign 'phone
from Europe and South America as well as Packet BBS in the lower part.

It used to be used for nationwide CW nets but hasn't been since the QRM
moved those nets out of this area - too much QRM from SSB in this area.

The nets moved to around 14,075 but now with the increase in RTTY/PSK and
other modes, they've had to retreat even further to around 14,050 kHz, which
puts the CW band at 14,000-14,065.

Not much.

73

DR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <[email protected]>
To: "Mike Manship" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] 80 meter activity

80 meters also has an additional 100 khz for CW that
40 and 20 don't.  THose bands have the SSB portion
start 150 khz from the lower band edge.  On 80, it is
250 khz from the lower edge.  THere isn't much CW
activity in the 14.100 to 14.150 segment on 20.  15
meters has 200 khz for CW, as does 10 because the
28.200 to 28.300 is generally reserved for beacons.

I am not advocating moving the SSB portion down, just
making and observation.

73s John NE0P

--- Mike Manship <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 11:51 PM 4/21/2004 +0000, Donald Chester wrote:
> >The cw ops who complain about proposals to extend
> the phone band down lower
> >in the 80m. band have no one to blame but the
> ABSENT cw operators on this
> >band.
> >I remember only a decade or so, the "cw" band was
> full of activity from 3500
> >all the way to the Novice band, every night, winter
> and summer.  Even today,
> >the 40m. cw band  is holding its own despite SWBC
> and foreign SSB.  Where
> >has all the 80m activity gone?
>
> I wonder if maybe there are more people living on
> smaller plots of land
> which might not accomodate an 80 meter antenna ?
>
> Mike W9OJ
>
>
>
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