RadioBanter - View Single Post

June 11th 05, 02:28 AM

wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

I've never been able to figure out why people get their chops busted
for referring to "80 meter phone".

Because 80 is CW/data and 75 is phone/image.

Look at FCC rules 97.301. They actually list 80 and 75 as different
bands, like 40 and 20. I'm not making this up.

I don't doubt you. But it seems a little odd to decide that phone is 75
and CW and data is 80. If you are at the bottom of the band you are at
85 meters. Same difference. (actually more, percentage-wise) So why
would hams who insist on the precision of 75 phone and 80 CW not also
insist on 85 meter CW?

Shall we set up a sked on 41 meters, 29 meters, 21 meters, 14 meters, 12
meters, (hey that one is right) or the 10.7 to 10.09 meter bands?

41 meters is actually SWBC, even though it's the top of "our" 40 meter
band ;-)

I get 42.8 meters at 7.0 MHz, and 41.067 meters at 7.3 MHz. Yeah, were
in the mix there....

73 de Jim, N2EY