Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15095 invoked from network); 12 May 2002 08:47:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO marstons.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.223) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 12 May 2002 08:47:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 482 invoked by uid 10001); 12 May 2002 08:51:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 12 May 2002 08:51:14 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 176otw-0001p6-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 12 May 2002 09:40:20 +0100 Received: from mta8-svc.business.ntl.com ([62.253.164.48]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 176otv-0001p1-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 12 May 2002 09:40:19 +0100 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.228.135]) by mta8-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020512084013.RSVW25991.mta8-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for ; Sun, 12 May 2002 09:40:13 +0100 Message-ID: <001601c1f990$c9eddb60$87e4fc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: USA/136 Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 09:06:25 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

Good news for the LF community that the USA will soon be operationg on 136 khz. There should be some excitement later on in the year when propagation is suitable for two way qso's on the band between EU and the USA.

Some sort of bandplan needs to be implemented to avoid EU stations blocking the DX.

For QRS activity ie 1 sec to 60 sec dots if the EU stations stick to the estabished practice of using 135.920 khz plus of minus a few hertz, maybe the USA could use 137.600 area. I am sure others will have some suggestions, but a mixture of PSK, JASON and QRS all on the same frequency would not be helpful.

Before long two way on LF across the pond will be the norm !!

73 de Mal/G3KEV