Post #2423231

Today in "just HF things", the latest revision of the IARU Region 1 40m bandplan: 7000-7010kHz: oldtimers sending morse at 45wpm with a straight key 7010-7018: CW being sent by lesser mortals 7018-7020: Some really brave newcomer calling CQ in very slow, hard to copy Morse. Good on them. 7020-7030: German stations sending impeccable Morse into ruthlessly efficient antenna systems and almost blowing your ears off 7030-7038: Russian propaganda 7038-7047: digital modes, RTTY, oldtimers sending angry morse at all this newfangled stuff intruding on "their" frequencies 7047-7050: FT8 go BWAAAAAAAUUUURRRRRRHHHH 7048: Embittered PSK31 operators still refusing to accept that it's not "their" frequency 7050-7060: Impenetrable R2D2 noises in one of 1000 digital modes which all sound alike but which probably decode to "PUTIN IS AN ASSHOLE" in Ukrainian 7060-7065: Impenetrable R2D2 noises which are probably PACTOR 7065-7200: Italians putting out suspiciously strong signals on phone considering that the legal limit there is 500W 7200-7300: Here Be Dragons. China Radio International. Americans calling Europe and wondering why nobody's replying. #hamradio