I think you mistake my intentions, Dean - I was just asking why 40 couldn't
be more like 20, with RTTY starting around ~7070, now that there is much
more spectrum above it. "Intimidate"? Give me a break!
73, Pete
At 11:58 AM 3/20/2009, N6DE wrote:
>Hi Pete, for what reason would peer pressure be applied? For RTTY
>stations operating within their own band plans?
>
>The JA band plan for 40m RTTY is 7025-7045.
>
>The key here is band cohabitation. Trying to publicly intimidate
>stations operating RTTY or SSB to not operate within their own band
>plans is not going to be a successful tactic. It will, however, be
>successful at starting a flame war. We already have too much of that
>on cq-contest.
>
>The only time there's a problem is when a digital station calls CQ on
>top of me as a CW station. And when a CW station calls CQ right on
>top of me as a RTTY station. I regularly operate CW, RTTY, and SSB,
>and my experience has consistently been that CW stations transmit on
>top of me operating RTTY much more than RTTY stations transmit on top
>of me as a CW operator. (and the radio's filter used was the same
>between modes - 250Hz or 500Hz) These offending CW stations tarnish
>things for the rest of us CW operators who don't intentionally
>interfere with other modes and can coexist peacefully in the same band
>segment.
>
>73...
>-Dean - N6DE
>
>
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>
>Which is pretty disappointing, with digital modes starting at 7040, while
>on 20, for example, they do not begin until 14070. I'm also not thrilled
>to see unattended digital data devices at 7050-53, and SSB down to 7060. I
>guess we'll have to rely on peer pressure to get some relief, at least
>until 7200-7300 reverts to amateur use (in ?).
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
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