A frequent complaint, sadly from many Old Timers who should know better, is that the bands are full when there is a major (or any) CW Con Test taking place. This is only true for the CW EXCLUSIVE sections of the bands on the non-WARC bands, which is what the […]
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A rough survey, which could certainly be conducted with greater quality, shows that an estimated 80% or more amateur radio CW operators use frequencies that end in a round .0kHz. There are a few reasons for this, the most notable are that with the era of digital displays it looks […]
This page addresses the problems of SSB interference to IBP Beacons and also the often misunderstood relationship between SSB frequencies and CW frequencies based on dial readout. For more information about the International Beacon Project see the IBP Page. This page here is intended primarily to explain to the SSB […]
For the Old Timer who has observed the encroachment upon formerly exclusive CW bands and not been subjected to the “cooked slowly like a frog syndrome”, the following facts should be obvious: These three facts do not bode well for the future, and in addition due to point 3. above, […]