Now with the band plan so that more than half of the Australian onesixty meter band is for cw and
narrow band use only (1800 to 1840) all the am and ssb has to fit between 1840 and 1875 .
1843 has become the new am net and if that is in use then 1850 is used,.
After being on 1840 for over 20 years i moved to 1850 a while back so i would be out of the way of all the DX stuff
but now it looks like i will have to move again. It would be better to be down the low end of the dial but that's for cw.
From tests i have done, if a radio can be tuned up to 1850 most can go the extra distance to 1865 i know its a pain
but i think all sets should be retuned so they cover up to 1870 incase more activity has to move up.
1850Khz will still be the primary frequency but if that is not available try 1865 Khz.
Should try to lobby the department to extend the band down below 1800, does not seem to be a lot there.