[CW] Any commercial CW left on HF?

[David Ring]

John, I'd rather see amateurs use 500 kc/s for CW than have it lost
which it would be.

Briefly I had a vision of commercial CW and amateurs repopulating 600
meters like it was in the old days.

As you have seen, the commercial R/Os and Museum Stations don't want
the amateurs to have the band, but the commercial R/Os involved with
the ARRL's 600 meter project certainly do and they see the posibility
of having a use:  High powered commercial stations using digital modes
and CW on 600 meters to effect emergency communications.  During
non-emergencies, the museum stations could play "history" and the hams
could DX on non-500 kHz frequencies.

So far the R/Os don't want to play nice!

So I'm all for keeping 500 kHz with CW no matter which kind - but I'd
rather have a mix of amateur and commercial "history" stations.

73

DR

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:11 PM, John Pumford-Green wrote

This may not be happy news for David, in his Radio Officer's hat, that
they are actually on 500 itself, rather than being nearby. I found it
surprising myself.