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Re: [CQ-Contest] Many US stns out of band

To: George Harlem <george.harlem@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Many US stns out of band
From: JP <jp@ezoom.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:42:01 -0400
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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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