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From: "Andrew J O'Brien"
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RE: MFSK!
> I assume he knew that RTTY ops have a legal right to operate >on
14080.
Hi Andy
Actually, RTTY ops have the legal right to operate RTTY from 14.001 to
14.300, but that doesn't mean that they do that. We don't routinley
operate in the SSB portion or the CW portion, tho we could. It is
just that nobody "owns" any part of a band. What I don't understand
is why don't the newer modes operate, say, around 14.165 or 170 or
thereabouts. There is not much activity around there when there are
no contests on. Why do they all try to crowd into the 14.180 portion
of the band. RTTY has been operating in that section for 50 years, at
least. I think it would be a "gentlemanly gesture" if they would move
down there instead of having the RTTY gang giving up a portion of the
band they have been using for years (even if they don't "own" it). 73
Tom W7WHY
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