Just to add another perspective. I am glad to hear that there is that much
activity on 2m and 70cm where Steve is at but here (Georgia) those bands are
almost a waste land even during contests. You could probably do FT8 on the
calling frequencies and no one would object! I am all for any mode on any
frequency that creates interest and activity. Now that I have said that, my
only comment is that 432.500 is too far away from the center of what little
activity there is here. Something further down the band closer to the calling
frequency would be best for here.
73
Jim, W4KXY
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> On Oct 15, 2017, at 7:02 AM, Steve Kavanagh via VHFcontesting
> <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete
>
> I am not sure 144.174 for FT8 would work very well in the east. Outside of
> contests it would likely be fine but during contests, SSB/CW activity almost
> always extends down to .170 (top multi-op W2SZ/1 is always there!) and
> sometimes to .165.
>
> I wondered about 144.313, but I see ARRL lists this as an OSCAR subband,
> which seems odd since it seems to be incompatible with the Region 1 band plan
> (https://iaru-r1.org/index.php/spectrum-and-band-plans/vhf/2-meter). I think
> 144.313 would be ok with respect to the (rather antiquated) Canadian band
> plan (http://wp.rac.ca/144-mhz-2m-page/ ).
>
> 73,
> Steve VE3SMA
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