[Hallicrafters] 5 MHZ

[Rich Oliver]

I shouldn't have any trouble getting on 60 M with my trusty TR-7 and 
Hertz antenna, but I think I'll lurk with the rest of you for now 
anyway.  The 50 Watt restriction doesn't bother me; I have never felt 
the need to run QRO.  What does bother me is that only USB is allowed. 
 If it were possible to run CW we could accommodate many more users. 
 For those benighted individuals who think CW is useless because *they* 
never use it, a couple of those frequencies could still be reserved for 
USB so they don't have to endure A1.  Sadly such a change probably makes 
too much sense to receive serious consideration, but just stop and think 
how sweet 30 M is without the voice modes!  Anyway, I really wonder what 
you can do with 50 W on 60 M that you couldn't do at least as well on 40 
or 80.

73, Rich, KC9GQ

w5htw at att.net wrote:

>I think a lot of us are going to be "lurkers" - listeners only, on 5 MHZ.  
>