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From: "Graeme Zimmer" <gzimmer@bigpond.com>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
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Subject: LF: Re: CW allocations...
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:08:19 +1100
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Folks,

> On every HF band the official WIA band plans show that CW operators
> can operate virtually anywhere (except for beacon bands and the top half
>  of 10m) while other modes are excluded from RESERVED CW segments

It seems that as CW was once the only Narrow Band mode available, the
"narrow" segments were sloppily termed "CW segments" (inadvertently implying
that the "narrow" segments were for CW only).

Surely the intention was to allocate the narrow segments as "CW and other
Narrow Band modes" ?

(and conversely, the "Digital Modes" are often considered to be "Wide Band"
modes, notwithstanding that a given digital mode may actually be ultra
narrow...)

A few diehards are clamoring the "keep digital modes out of the CW
segments", but I see no reason why Morse cannot co-exist with PSK31, QRSS,
etc.

I for one would love to see this issue sorted out.....

(and please keep in mind that "CW" means Carrier Wave, not "Morse"..)

........... Zim ............. VK3GJZ