[SOC] Digital crowding (and other myths)

[Joseph B Cotton]

Refering to the well known Law of Empty Bands - every band is empty until
the contest starts.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 9:39 AM Dr Jim Kennedy via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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”™
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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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