[CW] 3600 and above is still a CW band too, isn't it?

[Bert Morton]

ZUT,

What a great idea !! Especially on contest weekends. From where I'm 
listening I hear very little SSB activity between 3600-3700. I think we 
should make an effort to use at least from 3600-3650 for CW, particularly 
rag chewing. If we act like gentlemen we might be pleasantly surprised with 
the comfort factor it offers.

73 Bert W1DFU
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From: "SX-25" <telegrapher at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:50 PM
Subject: [CW] 3600 and above is still a CW band too, isn't it?


When are we CW operators going to grow some hair on our chests and take the 
huge leap ABOVE 3600 KHz?
When Newington and Washington decided to cram all of us red-headed, 
cross-eyed step-children into the puny lower 100 KHz of 80 meters they did 
not tell us we could no longer operate CW above 3600. did they? I don't see 
any mention that the CBers who stole it from us have exclusive use above 
3600. (Apologies to the decent ops who still operate phone however what I 
have been hearing in the phone band does not sound like amateur radio to 
me).

I was looking forward to my first weekend home for a long time and doing 
some enjoyable CW rag chewing over Thanksgiving weekend. Imagine my delight 
when I discovered the contesters making any 80 meter operations impossible, 
except for collecting worthless signal reports. It's that way every weekend 
almost; there seems to be come contest every single weekend when many of us 
have a window of free time for hamming. When Paul Segal penned "The Radio 
Amateurs' Code" ("They radio amateur is courteous," ) he evidently wrote it 
before the "professional" hams became so rabid.

Then I ventured up above 3600 and discovered the "new" phone band that they 
lobbied so heavily to grab from us CW ops. It was occupied with only 4 QSOs 
between 3600 and 3750 and only a single phone QSO between 3600 and 3700. So 
why am I tuning up and down the band trying to find a sliver of spectrum 
below 3600? For what did they need that spectrum so badly ? Between 
contests, nets, beginners practicing code on the air*, RTTY and those 
illegal fishing vessels operating upper sideband, the CW ops have got a 
seriously raw deal. *(Asterisk) Why couldn't those who were so eager to 
eliminate the novice license be, at least, SLIGHTLY forward thinking and set 
aside a few KHz of the band for novices, many of whom are calling "CQ SKCC" 
on top of each other and have no idea what the "RIT" does on their rice box.

They have brow beat us CW guys into feeling like we're unworthy sheep who 
must nod concurrence and be grateful for any crumbs we're left with. It is 
patently absurd to deal with a crowded band, especially on a wasted contest 
weekend when there is plenty of space above 3600 to operate.

Hope to see you on 3650...CW.

ZUT,

Vern WA9VLK


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