[600MRG] HF-MF band planning

[Bill Cromwell]

On 03/03/2014 10:27 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
> JT65 and the rest of the JT modes are FSK and inherently don't need SSB.
> They can of course be generated that way and poorly at times.
>
> PSK31 requires a linear that you'd find in an SSB rig.
>
> jim ab3cv
>
>
Hi Jim,

Thanks for pointing that out. You have helped me decide which digital 
mode(s) to try to implement here. Whatever I do will be one for QSO 
modes. AND will include CW. I saw comments about reserving the whole new 
band for WSPR and other slow motion modes that we can't even hear. One 
argument was emergencies. My own impression of those are that an 
emergency will already have played out to it's conclusion before any 
real communication could be completed. The population of hams using 
those modes is small compared to the pool of hams available and there 
may not be enough surviving hams in an affected area to even initiate 
emergency traffic on those modes.

In past posts I have made light of WSPR and the other slow motion modes 
(some of which require an internet connection!) and especially frequency 
control down into the fractional milliHertz tolerances. I applaud the 
hams who invest time, effort, and money chasing that but I ain't going 
there. With a 7 kc band I AM chasing TCXOs with *NO* free running VFOs. 
But I am planning to use more effective, lightning fast CW at maybe 15 
WPM <evil grin>. Use of a waterfall display should help us sort out 
where the openings are and where we would just be QRM.

73,

Bill  KU8H