[Elecraft] It happend again

WØIFL [email protected]
Thu Aug 29 13:07:05 2002


Hmmm.
Interesting side note to this... MixW, a well sold and well liked PSK (plus
MUCH more) software puts you right at 7040 as the default frequency on 40
Meters.  I've always wondered about that.  On 20M, the suggested freq. is
14070. Which is where most of the PSK can be found.

RonE
WØIFL


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]>
To: "'Elecraft'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:25
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] It happend again


> There's another kind of "it happened again" going on too...
>
> The other night I was tuning around 7040 when I heard a bodacious signal
> and "read the mail" for a bit to hear the op saying how great it was to
> be running 100 watts with the new KPA100. I've heard that two or three
> times over the past week.
>
> I wonder if some of us with K2's got in the habit of hanging around the
> QRP frequencies and after adding a  KPA100 we forgot that 7040 is a
> special frequency for low power use here in North America.
>
> There's no LAW that says someone can't run 100 watts on 7040 or any of
> the other QRP calling frequencies, but I have always considered it part
> of being a HAM to respect these "gentleman's agreements".
>
> Ron AC7AC
> K2 # 1289