"garigue" wrote in
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And to really improve HF operations on ham radio...we must get rid of
the archaic mode divisions on each band. I would like to see us have
the same privileges as the rest of the world's amateurs enjoy....or
are we not good enough???

73,
Chuck...K1KW

Huh ???? Yepper I would like the Liberty Net right at say 7040 when I
operate QRP . Yes that will make it a real challenge. Maybe we could
get certificates for being able to copy 5 letters in a row. You are
absolutely right Chuck .....I need to hear about someone's gall bladder
while I am on with another CW station ...a real "improvement" for ham
radio. Ya know I also need to hear some foul mouths while I am running
the Pactor as I am not getting enough porno on my e-mail listing. Yep
it is archaic all right ...but it does maintain my ham radio sanity if
there is such a thing. But wait I could go out an buy a 1kw amp so I
could enjoy my mode of operation and at the same time be a positive
force for hamming by getting into the retired school teacher's organ
next door. Boy this is opening a whole new world of enjoyment for me
to contemplate.

Are there not enough fone frequencies to communicate on? Are not the
CW segments just as dead as the phone segments when the band is out?
God bless you if you want to operate fone ...have a good time but the
idea has gone beyond booting the test to booting the mode. Then I
would have to ask the question why. There must be some pretty deep
seated hatred out there of CW and CW ops. But in the final analysis I
guess my love of an elegant, narrow banded and relaxing mode should
give way to the "gall bladder" kws ...to do otherwise would selfish on
my part.

God Bless 73 KI3R Tom Popovic Belle Vernon Pa.

ps in answer to you last question ...we are better for it....




It isn't that we don't have enough 'fone' spectrum as you call it, we do.
No, the problem is that we can't operate phone on all the frequencies that
the DX can. This is true on 80, 40, 20 and 15 (30 too, but let's not go
there).

On 40 it is worse, as we have none of the frequencies available in Region 1
(Europe and Africa). This latter problem will eventually be fixed as 7100-
7200 will eventually be worldwide.

As you don't work phone DX I wouldn't really expect you to be aware of
this, much less care, but there it is. I have no more desire than you do to
see any 'gallbladder nets' further down the bands.