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you're right Phil. Generals go from 3800 to 4mhz and and advanced go from
3750 to 4mhz. Extras are from 3700 to 4mhz. 73- pat kk3f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:54 PM
Subject: 75 meters
> Doesn't the 75 meter phone band now start at 3700? A couple of nights
> ago,
> maybe it was Friday night, 75 meter phone sounded like old times with tons
> of activity. I even heard a station playing music on side band trying to
> jam a couple of guys who switched to upper side band to get away from him.
> Remind me of the side band wars back in the sixties. For those of you who
> don't know, 75 meters had guys who literally ran 10 and 20 thousand watts
> back in those days. Talk about big signals. Remember NASAC on 3815?
> Those
> guys ran low power compared to the 3830 bunch. I hung out with the guys
> on
> 3803 such as WA9SXJ and WA0PXQ and a few other's. One night, SXJ was so
> loud, he sounded like a mobile parked out in front of my house. I heard
> mom
> washing clothes downstairs and called her in to read my S meter on my
> Drake
> TR4 and Ray was running a solid 60 over nine. My meter had never gone
> that
> high except when a friend did in fact drive by my house mobile on 15
> meters
> and said hello to me.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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