[CW] Any commercial CW left on HF?

[John Pumford-Green]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:20:40 +0000
"David Ring" <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

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


Hello David, and the group,

Yes, I quite agree with all your comments. I would also dearly love to
hear real CW back on the MF and HF bands, 500kHz especially.

I know the R/O group, to some extent with good reason, hold 500 itself
as sacred, not to played around with, but if it's to be saved from
being swamped with some form of digital noise, to keep it CW only, then
this is the only way.

Now that the Swedish group are active, legally, on 500.0kHz I might
spend more time listening, and using the "grabber" keeping an archive
of signals (my computer stores each 5 minute snapshot, so I can look
back over time to search for signals I may miss) on the exact 500.0
spot - and hopefully hear some of the remaining commercial/professional
users.

Best regards,

John

ps are you planning to publish "QTC..."? in real paper form? I'll buy
on (if not more!)