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VK6BE > RADIO 25.11.06 17:19l 31 Lines 1305 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : BA0323VK6BE
Read: GUEST DK5RAS
Subj: Re: VK6BE*11m ham band
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From: VK6BE@VK6JY.#ALY.#WA.AUS.OC
To : RADIO@WW
Andy, it was some years ago, I don't remember what year - maybe 20 years
ago.
The 40 metre band here suffers from Asian pirates, mainly Indonesian and
Malaysian, some of them apprently on fishing boats.In addition there are
some BC stations of dubious origin. 10.1 is not used much, nor are 18 and
24 as far as I can see.
As I said in previous bulletins there are occasional openings on 14 but
that band is all but dead most of the time.
Incidentally I was out this afternoon but when I arrived home there was a
message on my answering machine from a VK5 who was copying our local
beacons on both 144 and 432 megs. That is through ducting across the Great
Australian Bight - a long haul for VHF/UHF.
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.
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