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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] waedc
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:57:50 -0400
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I guess what Sam is referring to here is DARC General rule 3(5), "(5) Contest traffic in sectors marked as contest-free will be penalised." and the WAE rule that states:


"According to IARU recommendations operation should be avoided outside contest-preferred segments. No operation to take place on:

*CW*: 3560-3800; 7040-7200; 14060-14350 kHz
*SSB*: 3650-3700; 7050-7060; 7100-7130; 14100-14125; 14300-14350 kHz"

Am I the only one who feels that this approach is unduly draconian, and imposes restrictions on non-Region 1 stations that are inappropriate? On a busy band like 40 CW, being limited to the bottom 40 KHz is something that Region 2 stations should not have to live with for the sake of protecting European PSK operations at 7040. Being banned from 14060-14100 also strikes me as unreasonable. Many Region 2 hams will not even be aware of these restrictions. These rules provide a positive incentive for stations only to report the band they are operating on in their logs (e.g. 7000), omitting their specific frequencies.

The *may* be a shred of justification for contest-free zones in those contests where CW and SSB are simultaneously active. In single-mode contests, the opposite mode is contest-free, and the WARC bands are always contest-free zones.


73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/8/2014 10:11 AM, Saulius Zalnerauskas wrote:
2 Bands

*3.5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz*.

According to IARU recommendations operation should be avoided outside
contest-preferred segments. No operation to take place on:

*CW* : 3560-3800; 7040-7200; 14060-14350 kHz
*SSB*: 3650-3700; 7050-7060; 7100-7130; 14100-14125; 14300-14350 kHz.

so if i call CQ on 14061 , 7044, - those QSO will be removed?

or move multiplier - for example.

BTW - 20 and 40m are full sometimes. When I run my LP - there is the best
place to make a QSO.

CUL in WAE CW

LY5W Sam
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