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G0FTD > RADIO 24.11.06 20:28l 47 Lines 1775 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 000974327PZT
Read: GUEST DK5RAS
Subj: Re: VK6BE*11m ham band
Path: DB0FHN<DB0RGB<OK0PPL<DB0RES<ON0AR<ZL2BAU<GB7PZT
Sent: 061124/1824Z @:GB7PZT.#24.GBR.EU [Kidderminster] #:97400 XSERV410h
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:24:10 +0000
From: g0ftd@gb7pzt.#24.gbr.eu (Andy)
To: radio@ww
Subject: Re: VK6BE*11m ham band
Previously I wrote:-
> I tend to think as 27Mhz as being a deregulated ham band, 27Mhz once being
> part of the 10m band many many years ago [source - The Radio Amateurs
> Handbook (ARRL) 1954]
Bob, VK6BE confirmed that it was the same case in VK too.
> I used 27 megs occasionally when it was a ham band in Australia but there
> were very few amateurs using it here. Most of the gear used in those days
> did not cover that frequency until Geloso VFOs included it in their unit.
> Then the illegal CB operators started using it and our Government found it
> easier to kick the amateurs off than to enforce the law against piracy.
> Bob VK6BE.
I wonder when it was taken away as a ham band Bob ?
I believe that amateur radio needs more HF space.
The biggest joke is our 40m band. The situation is outrageous with what
amateurs in europe have endured hrough the last 60 years. I think we should
start to dig our heels in over this one. And of course, we cannot forget
how the Aussie Posse wanted to scupper region 1 access at the last WRC ;-)
10.1Mhz - yep, we need more space. I often find it hard to find a crack to
put a CQ out. We need another 100Khz.
14Mhz - jammed packed here, wall to wall QRM, hardly a crack between stations.
Not helped by certain countries who have a footnote in the radio regs to allow
them to use the band for their own purposes. We need another 100Khz.
18.1Mhz - often jam packed here. We need another 100Khz.
By far the most under utilised band has to be 24.9Mhz, even when conditions
are good.
I'm dreading the sunspot peak. All it means for me is wall to wall QRM
on every band :-(
- Andy -
G0FTD @ GB7PZT
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