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August 24th 05, 10:08 AM

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K4YZ wrote:
Dave wrote:

sure it is, they just have to know how to use their 'split' button.
of course now some europeans can go up to 7200, so that is a bit of
a help.

A-yup...My FT-757 isn't the most luxurious rig on the market, but
that split feature works well...Use it lots for the DX tests...Even
for routine calls...I've made a lot of "random" QSOs by tuning 7050 to
7100 then transmitting where they indicate they are listening.

If they are indicating where they are listening, it's not random.

That's exactly the problem. Until each country gets the additional 7100-
7200 spectrum, truly random phone QSOs remain impossible. If someone over
there calls CQ and doesn't listen up, they get to work any country they
want bar one, the USA, so why should 90% of them listen up? Ergo, most of
them don't.