[South Florida DX Association] ARRL To QSY To 1807.500 KC on hold...

[Bill Marx]

This is a bit old but for those interested:
-Bill W2CQ


Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ARRL To QSY To 1807.500 KC


> This was posted on the ARRL Web site earlier this morning.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> 73,
> David Sumner, K1ZZ
>
> W1AW 160-meter frequency change put on hold (Mar 1, 2006) -- QRX on that 
> W1AW QSY! Maxim Memorial Station W1AW has rescinded recently announced 
> plans to change its 160-meter CW frequency starting Monday, April 3 and 
> will remain on 1817.5 kHz for the time being. The announced change to 
> 1807.5 kHz was aimed at reducing the possibility of interfering with DX 
> stations that have begun showing up in the vicinity of 1817.5 kHz. "Lately 
> we have received more complaints about W1AW interfering with weak DX 
> signals," said ARRL CEO and W1AW Trustee David Sumner, K1ZZ. "Some of 
> these complaints were about key cicks, which set us on a quest to put the 
> cleanest transmitter we could find on 160." With the key click problem on 
> the way to resolution, it was decided nonetheless to move W1AW's 160-meter 
> frequency lower in the band. "After what we thought was due diligence we 
> decided that it made sense to shift below 1810 kHz," Sumner recounted, 
> "since that is the lower band edge in Region 1 and
> would pretty much eliminate the conflict with DXers." Monitoring showed 
> that 1807.5 appeared to be generally clear. "Unfortunately," Sumner 
> continued, "we failed to pick up the fact that PSK31 operators appear to 
> have adopted 1807 kHz as their 160-meter frequency, and we don't want to 
> conflict with any established activity centers." Under a tight deadline to 
> announce the W1AW operating schedule 30 days in advance, the League has 
> rescinded the frequency shift for now. Sumner said the question will be 
> revisited over the summer to try to gain consensus on a frequency to shift 
> to after Daylight Saving Time ends October 29.