Should this be promoted? It says not a Contest, well,, yeah, but it's a slippery slope for sure. First this, then what, I already hear grumblings from NON Contesters when a W1AW Portable station show
Joe, IMHO, based on the description of this "operating event" included, and applying the theory of "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims like a duck, eats like a duck, quacks like a duck
It is an Amateur Radio band, and we are Radio Amateurs. This does not resemble a contest in any fashion. It simply promotes use of a (mostly quiet) band. Maybe it will draw a little interest from som
That what I meant. I hope I did not come across as promoting this. I'd like to stop it any way possible. But How? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idl
Ron, for a contest, this is a strange (looking/walking/swimming/eating/quacking/flying) duck. It has no points. It has no mults. It has no required exchange. It has no log deadline. It has no place t
Why do you want to stop an operating event on an underused band? It's not a contest, there are no awards, there's no exchange. It's just an event to get a critical mass of hams on the air to try diff
Excuse me Paul, 30 meters is my favorite band. And yes I operate all the time. Maybe thats why I bitch when I hear about something that shouldn't be. As someone else said about the Duck. And I really
Have it your way Hans. I respectfully disagree but I won't argue the point. Suffice to say, I don't feel comfortable at all promoting this event in any way. IMHO, it will be perceived as a contest, a