[Elecraft] OT: KP5 and 60m

[Tom]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:59:09 +0000, you wrote:

Right you are Charles.

The ridiculous use of that band for a DXpedition could very likely cause USA
amateurs to lose the use of it.  It took much negation with the military and
other users of that band to convince them we wouldn't interfere with them.

They very well may now say, "We told you so!", and ask the FCC to revoke our
privileges on that band.

N5GE

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>It is announced that the upcoming
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>DXpedition to KP5, Descheo Island,
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>plans to use 60meter band.  This is a
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>mistaken use of this band because
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>1. it was justified to FCC to be awarded to ham
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>radio as an EMERGENCY BAND, not a 
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>DX band.
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>2.  it wil obviously be overloaded in the
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>extreme, having nearly 24 hr openings
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>to the States, leading to sigs out of
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>the sliver bands as ops desperately try
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>to be "a little off freq" to get the DX's
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>attention.
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>3.  It gives casual ops another reason to
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>condemn DXpeditions because, in this case,
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>the whole band is likely to be occupied with
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>KP5.
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>This is the biggest zoo of all time waiting to happen.
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>It is no accident that ARRL currently sez it
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>will not credit award contacts on this band.
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>I hope more responsible minds will see the
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>error of this way and retract that use.
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>73,
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>Charles Harpole
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>k4vud at hotmail.com
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