rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (01/18/85)
qst de k9eui bulletins have been sparse lately for several reasons; there have not been many, propagation has been stink-o, and qrm seems worse, both due to propagation changes and increased 80 and 40 meter activity because the higher bands are so bad. Also radio moscow is now blasting North America with their sigs on 5 frequencies in the 40 meter band alone! I have written the arrl, requesting that they consider a change of their bulletin frequencies. It is quite obvious that they do not monitor a frequency before transmitting and this often results in murderous qrm. Also on 40 meters, they are just a few kHz away from a mail box system. I requested that W1AW begin bulletin transmissions on 30 meters which would give another path to choose from but they said "the board voted not to"!!!!! I have just installed a diversity comparator that I hope will give better results here but I would like to see those of you that appreciate having the bulletins, write the ARRL and urge them to go elsewhere on 40 meters, and to also transmit on 30 meters. (I expect to see flack/flames on this idea, but my suggestion was that they move to the very bottom of the bands where they would be easy to find and would not have other rtty qrm). The other problem with the present 40 meter frequency is frequent qrm from thos stations that are allowed to operate SSB there. 73 from K9EUI