Dave Heil wrote:
Alun L. Palmer wrote:


If the US hams
could transmit outside the broadcast frequencies this wouldn't continue.
The DX works split so that their sigs aren't covered by BC QRM.

That isn't necessarily correct. The sharp, rare ops are operating split
on *any* band if the pileup is huge. That keeps the callers from
covering his sigs.

"Treachery, experience and a hundred watts beats a nitwit with two
gallons every time."

It'll happen whether broadcasters are there or not.

Has been for decades. Now that SWBC biz is fading a bit and they're
moving out of the band too working split actually makes even more
sense.

It occurs to me that an argument could be presented about what us dxers
do on 40 phone as a matter of standard operating practices is not the
point the way Alun views the matter. Alun isn't interested in dxing
which is OK, all he wants to do is go peacfully ragchewing with, say,
one of his G-land chums. Who is calling CQ on 7.090 and there isn't a
pileup in sight. Alun can't get the guy's attention because the guy
isn't listening up the band for statesiders so Alun climbs into this
venue and mumbles, whines, groans and bitches about not being able to
chat with the G because po' Alun is stuck in the bloody U.S. phone band
and can't xcv with his chum.

Does not flush. Go back a few years ago in the timeframe when I had the
Big Wire fed by my silly little TS-50 HF mobile xcvr which I had up and
running for the 40M RRAP CW Net exercise. The hoot to end all hoots.

I digress as usual. I happened to hear an EI8 with a decent SSB sig
yakking close to 7.100 with some station who was too weak for me to
copy. I set his freq on VFO A then fished around the band above 7.150
for a reasonably clear freq with VFO B and found one around 7.235 as I
recall. Paddled out a quick "QSX 7235 de W3RV? K" on his freq. "W3RV
stand by" with a brouge ya could cut with a knife. Which I did and
switched the TS-50 to LSB split and sat back while he finished with the
weak Euro and called me. Turned out to be a very enjoyable one hour
ragchew.

As if there's anything new about any of it. How many times David . . .
?

.. . .

Dave K8MN

w3rv