This has shown up on several newsgroups and reflectors, I am posting
it strictly for informational purposes....
Bryan W5KFT
In rec.radio.amateur.misc, "Amor Powers, Radio" <power@radio.net>
wrote:
>New Breed of Outbanders Take Aim on 10 meter Band... capture by 2001.
>
>With the New Year coming, and the century/millennium not far behind, it
>is a time for futuristic thinking, predictions, and prognostications.
>Not to be outdone by the petty debates currently raging, here is one
>prediction which is absolutely sure to come true, an event of fate!
>
>The beginning of this sunspot cycle is bringing a new era of confusion
>to 11m. The proliferation of cheap wideband or 10m radios in the past
>few years has brought a boom in 11m activity to the rapidly expanding
>southern-hemisphere, tropical, and previously under-developed markets of
>the 2nd and 3rd world.
>
>With this boom, good North-South propagation is now poised on the cusp
>of bringing never-before-experienced levels of interference to both
>hemispheres (since skip is reciprocal). This has led to increased
>crowding of the traditional 11m band. The "new" contingent of outband
>operators in far-flung areas of the world have little knowledge or
>respect for the traditional taboos of the 28MHz or other frequency
>limits. They are not "Classic American CBers". 10m and the world above
>28MHz is so much quieter than 27MHz, that new outband operators around
>the world are squatting there, much to the consternation of ham
>operators.
>
>This trend will continue unabated, and predictably will become a source
>of un-mitigatable frustration amongst hams. For many hams, the lower end
>of 10m (28.0-28.5) will be considered "The Lost Band" peaking and
>eventually conceded in mid-year 2001.
>
>Amor Powers
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