On 2011-12-12, at 8:27 AM, N1BUG wrote:
> To me, 1.800 to 1.810 seems an ideal place for casual QRP and CW
> operation where DX outside North America is not the goal.
Hi Paul,
Yes, I agree totally...
It can be very difficult to locate any "...free space" on the band if all you
want is a casual QSO: many is the time that I've had a leisurely rag chew
interrupted below 1820-KHz with a terse, "QSY DX HR" directed my way---even
after an already well-established QSO with another domestic station.
Having had some modicum of experience as to the general operating habits on the
band, I can appreciate such a sudden plaintive plea---but a newcomer to 1.8-MHz
may not, & he could well interpret such comments as being rude, and dismissive.
That's why the bottom 10-KHz of Topband is, IMHO, the ideal "safe haven" for
those whose interests might be different from the goals & ambitions of what
appears to be the vast majority of its up-band CW denizens, i.e. DX'ing...
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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