On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:25:29 -0500, WDØHCO wrote:

THE TRICK IS TO CALL CQ NEARBY A BUSY FREQ AND LET THE OTHER GUY SWING A FEW
KC UP SO YOU CAN CHEW THE RAG IN THE CLEAR.

That ONLY works if he has a lousy receiver.

A decent receiver is not going to hear a signal that is 500 to 1000 Hz
away. Your idea that guys on 7040 are going to listen for a signal 5
kHz away might have been a good suggestion 40 years ago, but not
today. It ain't happening.

The way ARRL is headed, CW and AM will be illegal in five or ten
years anyway!

Wolf