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Alun L. Palmer wrote:

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.

Not only that, but for many of us "listening up" is worthless. 7100 up
and 3850 up are full of broadcast stations, often several on the same
frequency. There is no place to listen up.

The only chance I have of a voice QSO with the U.S. is on 20m just before
and after sunset. Since that's currently around noon on the east coast,
there aren't a lot of people listening.

When the sunspots are with me, I can pick up 10m repeaters with an
HT. I've never been able to work one with it.


73,

Geoff.

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