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Re: Topband: use the wasteland

To: N7DF <n7df@yahoo.com>, TopBand List <topband@contesting.com>, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: use the wasteland
From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:09:09 -0400
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Joe I agree.  Most 160 antennas would require retuning as even the best
shunt fed towers only gives a usable 50kHz,  Running out to the tuning box
everytime I want to use FT8 is not an option.  However, retuning for an SSB
contest or ragchewing is more plausible.

Herb, KV4FZ

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:46 PM, N7DF via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
wrote:

> since most of the band between 1900 and 2000 KHz is seldom used it seems
> that the best solution to the FT8 isue is to move contacts using this mode
> up to a frequency in this segment like 1980 or so.
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