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Re: [CQ-Contest] Band edge --- how do you warn a guy?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Band edge --- how do you warn a guy?
From: "jebrown" <W4LC@fuse.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:55:17 -0000
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That was not the only one.  There was a well known K3 at 3.747.5.

Jim     W4LC
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From: "K0HB" <K-Zero-HB@earthlink.net>
To: "CQ Contest Reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>; "MWA Reflector"
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 05:03
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Band edge --- how do you warn a guy?


> Yesterday evening (Saturday) during SS I noticed K3xxx (callsign
> fictitious) blissfully running a nice open freq at 3751.000.  Since he was
> running LSB, a fair portion of his signal was down below the band-edge.
> I'm sure it was inadvertent, and there was no way for me to tell him
> without running afoul of the band-edge myself.   Unfortunately not only
did
> he run afoul of a possible letter from Riley, but so did probably 100
other
> US stations who worked him (he was a good crisp operator, and remained on
> the QRG for over an hour).
>
> I tried to warn him using CW, but couldn't get his attention.  How (short
> of moving to Canada, or hunting down his phone number in the heat of the
> contest) would you notify someone that they're out of band?  (Or should I
> just keep my big nose out of it?)
>
> 73, Hans, K0HB
>
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