CW Bands

This page is a work in progress.

What is CW?

Explaining CW in brief.

Modes A1A and A1B

Explaining the difference between Human CW (A1A) and Machine Decoded CW (A1B)

CW Bands

Listing of CW Bands including shared and exclusive bands.

For 30m Bandplan see here: https://30cw.net/bandplan

The need to retain exclusive CW bands

The reasoning behind the exclusive CW bands

The historic, practical and scientific basis

The Asymmetry of QRM

The War on CW

WIA’s attack on 40m – to discuss this and offer support against the further restriction of CW on 40m please join the email discussion list at https://mailman.no5nn.org

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