Below 7100 is a far cry from a temporary spill over below 7125. It’s sloppy
point and click operating from cluster spots. Regardless of what the RAC says
on the subject , I don’t recall seeing any such exception in either contest or
FCC regs for US hams.
J.P. W2XX/KP4
> On Oct 27, 2025, at 12:16 PM, George Harlem <george.harlem@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You might have logged them. While the edge of the US 7-MHz SSB band is
> 7.125, here in Canada the SSB band edge is 7.040. The Canadian band plan
> published by RAC has a note that “During major weekend contests, activity in
> certain modes can spill over into other segments”. So in my opinion what you
> noted is a temporary violation in the heat of a contest. We can still avoid
> beacons and emergency frequencies.
>
> George VA2EBI
>
>> On Oct 26, 2025, at 10:23 PM, JP <jp@ezoom.net> wrote:
>>
>> Definitely a lot of that. More than a few US stations called us below 7100.
>> We didn’t log any of them and politely informed them of their error. No idea
>> what anyone else did in response.
>>
>> JP W2XX/KP4
>>
>>>> On Oct 26, 2025, at 6:07 PM, Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not a SSB op, but got on to work a few stations in the contest. I
>>> heard a number of DX stns CQing below 21200 and USA stations were calling
>>> them.
>>>
>>> From what I can find online, the US phone band starts at 21.200. Is this
>>> correct?
>>> If so, does the log checking software disallow the QSOs that took place out
>>> of band? If so, for one or both sides of the QSO?
>>>
>>> Barry W2UP
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