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

[KA8VIT]

Hi Vern,

I sort of agree with you except around here, 3600-3700 is for extras only.

Sometimes it is hard enough finding a QSO where everyone can operate,
then in the extra only portion of the band.

I do tune around up there looking...  but rarely call CQ on CW there.

73 - Bill KA8VIT


SX-25 wrote:
> 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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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
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