[Elecraft] OT: KP5 and 60m

[Charles Harpole]

It is announced that the upcoming

DXpedition to KP5, Descheo Island,

plans to use 60meter band.  This is a

mistaken use of this band because

1. it was justified to FCC to be awarded to ham

radio as an EMERGENCY BAND, not a 

DX band.

2.  it wil obviously be overloaded in the

extreme, having nearly 24 hr openings

to the States, leading to sigs out of

the sliver bands as ops desperately try

to be "a little off freq" to get the DX's

attention.

3.  It gives casual ops another reason to

condemn DXpeditions because, in this case,

the whole band is likely to be occupied with

KP5.

This is the biggest zoo of all time waiting to happen.

It is no accident that ARRL currently sez it

will not credit award contacts on this band.

I hope more responsible minds will see the

error of this way and retract that use.

73,




Charles Harpole

k4vud at hotmail.com