[Milsurplus] New MF Amateur Band Approved at WRC - 472 to 479kHz

[David Stinson]

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From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>

> I'm wondering if anyone will actually use the band or if it will 
> just fill
> up with a bunch of QRSS beacons...

Well, that's up to us ;-).
I remember when a lot of people switched over to QRSS
on 160-190 KC... what a drag.  I could hear normal-speed CW
and have QSOs with stations all over the west
while the QRSS guys were sending a "dit."
That's "communication?"

Once it's been established - and it certainly has- that you
can copy a flea-fart across the galaxy if your baud rate
is slow enough and you integrate long enough,
I don't personally see the point in "proving" it
another 500 times.  Believe me- if you have a reasonably
RF-quiet location (or good noise nulling),
an effective antenna (which doesn't have to be gigantic)
and, most important: accurate frequency calibration
on both ends, you can QSO with normal CW
and certainly with the digital modes across the continent
and across The Pond.   If someone wants to
spend their time "re-inventing the (QRSS) wheel"
for the 500th time, God bless them and good luck.
Sounds like a stone-cold bore to me: been done a zillion times.
I'm going to be calling "CQ" at 20 WPM and having a ball.

YMMV ES 73 DE Dave AB5S