[SOC] Digital crowding (and other myths)

[Dr Jim Kennedy]

Perhaps this test should be weighed against the overall terrible band conditions across the globe and time of year?

From a purely scientific point of view if one were desirous to determine band usage it might be more accurate to conduct the testing at various times of the year, from different locations, and across sunspot cycles. 

I do however agree, somewhat, that at least this year that band usage is less than in years past.

73 and regards,
Doc - K2PHD 



Dr. Jim Kennedy, MCTE, MRP, CEH, CHPA-IV, CRISC, Security+
Retired Diplomate American Bd for Certification in Homeland Security
Retired Instructor American College of Forensic Examiners
Master Certified Telecommunications Engineer
 



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> On Dec 19, 2018, at 1:26 AM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Spent some hours the past two days looking for crowding on the prime CW
> territory on 20M, 14.000 to 14.065MHz.
> 
> Except for the W1AW signals at 14.0475, mostly you could shoot off a cannon
> loaded with grapeshot in that spectrum and hit nothing — CW, digital, or
> red-nosed reindeer.
> 
> 14.065 to 14.095 consistently held a few scattered little colonies of
> digital signals.  Then from there to 14.350 a great swath of silence except
> for a lonely soul at 14.300 “keeping the frequency clear” in anticipation
> of a great maritime disaster.
> 
> 73, de SOC Hans, K0HB/W7
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
> 
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>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 07:35 g4jht <g4jht at eircom.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Best defense of "CW spectrum" is to get in there a occupy it with lots
>> of close packed "legal limit" CW QSOs. Digimode signals are no match for
>> a raft of strong CW, I understand.
>> 
>> As for so called intruders see my previous email today.
>> 
>> 73, Dave
>> 
>>> On 12/18/2018 12:43 AM, Carl Strode wrote:
>>> Someone better report this . . . I won't.
>>> 
>>> My ARRL membership was cancelled after over 45 years when Dave Sumner
>>> accused me of being greedy asking him to defend our CW spectrum.  ARRL
>> will
>>> be hard pressed to do anything that doesn't bring in money with no effort
>>> expended.
>>> 
>>> On 4:26PM, Mon, Dec 17, 2018 Quikhooligan via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> On 12/17/2018 5:34 PM, Dr Jim Kennedy via SOC wrote:
>>>>> And what, if anything, is the ARRL doing to investigate and rectify
>> this
>>>> matter?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dr. Jim Kennedy - K2PHD
>>>> http://www.arrl.org/intruder-watch
>>>> 
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