[CW] Where are all the 80 meter CW ops?

[Buck - N4PGW]

> >These days, 80m CW activity is thin on the ground,
> >even in winter.
> 
> Use it or lose it!
> 
> How can we justify reserving 50% of the band for cw and digital modes if
> the
> activity is not there?
> 
> Besides the amateur phone operators, I suspect there are non-amateur
> interests drooling over all those unused frequencies on 80m
> 
> Don K4KYV.


I have no objection to extending the voice band on 80 meters a bit.  80
meters is a huge amount of real-estate.  The CW portion is larger than
several ham bands, however, the voice portion is overcrowded.  Of course,
the CW portion is truly from 3.5 to 4 MHz :).  80 meters is probably too
unstable for most computer digital modes.  

Hopefully I'll be able to find more CW activity there.  I want to work
towards my WAS CW-80 meters.

Thanks to all for their comments.

Buck
N4PGW

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