I think there are times when good judgement and common sense need to be
taken into account, and there are times when running split is the only way
to manage things. I worked 4W/K1YC, and had he NOT been running split, he
would have quickly lost control of the pileup. He was NOT loud, but quite
copyable.
No - I don't recommend running split in a contest, but had he not run
split, he may as well have went QRT as his only other viable option. I
think he also exercised good judgement by operating high in the band
Tom - VE3CX
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Alan M. Eshleman <doctore@well.com> wrote:
> Agree. The incident in question here is 4W/K1YC (9V1YC) on, if I recall
> correctly, 15 M. 9V1YC is a great op. He chose a spot way up the band and
> a very narrow (1 KHz) split. He still had the problem of extracting calls
> from the pileup and the callers had a much easier time knowing when he had
> come back to him. I certainly don't recommend this as standard contest
> procedure, but in this case it worked.
>
> With respect to K9YC: congratulations to Jim for a fabulous QRP effort in
> the contest. I'll bet he finishes way up in the standings.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan/K6SRZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tree" <tree@kkn.net>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 10:20:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Working Split In A Contest Is Verboten!
>
> I disagree with the idea that operating split during a contest is
> Verboten.
>
> Working split is something that is done to react to a specific set of
> circumstances - and I don't see the difference between being in a contest
> or not.
>
> The set of circumstances is pretty intuitive. If you have a pileup and
> people you come back to are not hearing you because of the pileup. One of
> the things that helps enable this is propagation.
>
> I have used split during a contest exactly twice. You do need to be aware
> of the impact it can have on QRM - and in both cases - I took steps to
> mitigate it.
>
> One of these came while operating from UA0C during the Friendship Radio
> Games. I was essentially a special event station and the European pileup
> was having a hard time hearing me come back to them. This really wasn't
> what most people think of as a contest - but going split gave me an
> advantage that eventually resulted in a gold medal.
>
> The other time was at KL7RA on 10SSB during a CQ WW SSB contest - when we
> had a marginal opening to Europe and a MASSIVE pileup. I ended up on
> something like 29.200 MHz - and ended up going split because the Europeans
> could not hear me over those who had to call over and over. I actually
> ended up with two pileups - one up 5 and the other up 10.
>
> The whole point is to maximize the QSO potential of any situation. In a
> contest - you should do whatever you can to maximize your QSOs. (that is
> within the rules and regulations of a contest). I don't see where going
> split crosses any ethical boundaries - especially when done on part of the
> band that is not very crowded.
>
> Tree N6TR
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