..and while I’m posting like a mad fool tonight…

According to the Amateur Radio Newsline (#1646), an expansion of the 40 meter band is merely 30 days away. This expansion comes in the form of forcing shortwave broadcast stations to move out of the 7100 to 7200khz band space and reclaiming it for the Amatuer band.

At my QTH, I’m getting slammed by China Public Radio and other broadcasters on the band making my general class permissions almost useless most times of the day. I have mixed feelings about the forced move. I’m happy that hopefully the band will clear up where I’ll actually be able to use it, but at the same time it’s important to preserve the shortwave space. There should be plenty of spectrum available now that the BBC has ceased their shortwave broadcasting operations a few years back.