At 11:47 AM 10/31/2009, Jack West wrote:
>Anybody remember when 40 meter band was 100 percent CW?
>The ARRL sponsored a poll among operators if they wanted to
>allow Phone ops on that band. I understand the poll resulted in
>a majority NO vote. The ARRL allowed phone operation anyway.
>
>This made my old buddy (Andy W7MHY now sk) so mad he
>quit his membership to the ARRL.
>
>I don't think we are going to stop what some refer to as progress.
>
>73 de
>Jack / W7LD / "Lucky Dog"
I remember it - it was my favorite band back then, around 1952, but
was very sparsely populated. I don't think I ever heard activity
above maybe 7100. Maybe during contests, but I didn't work them. I
think the space now used by phone ops was mostly wasted then. Don't
remember when international broadcasting became prominent.
BTW, I suspect it was the FCC that allowed phone operation there
finally, not the ARRL.
Jerry W4UK
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