I have been thinking that we have made a mistake in not allowing contesting on the WARC bands. These bands are real nice but there doesn't seem to be much activity. If we were to have a WARC band con
Tell you what Bill... If you really want to know "why not", head over to some of the radio forums like QRZ.COM and eHam.NET and ask the question. Just be ready to have your head handed to you by the
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:09:19 -0400
Ditto. Bad, bad idea. 73 Rich NN3W On 8/5/2013 12:05 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote: Tell you what Bill... If you really want to know "why not", head over to some of the radio forums like QRZ.COM and eH
I agree. Do not open this can of worms. We cannot win. Dave K4JRB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman
IF one were to "open the can" (not suggesting we do, but since we are discussing this topic, the can may already be leaking) the first suggested event should be Field Day, since it isn't a contest. -
Nah....leave the can sealed. Not worth the energy expended, nor the agony. 73, Jeff K3OQ -- Jeff Embry, K3OQ FM19nb ARCI #11643, FPQRP #-696, QRP-L # 67, NAQCC #25, ARS #1733 AMSAT LM-2263 -- WWWDWOA
The 30, 17, and 12M bands are so narrow that a contest would obliterate all other users. But lots of ops chase DXCC on the WARC bands, and activity is not all that low when conditions are good. 73 Jo
This idea should not be dismissed lightly. It should be hurled aside with great force! I think that Radiosport would get a huge black eye if we even opened a public conversation. Even though I contes
In fact, when the WARC bands were new, you could get bonus points in Field Day for contacts made on those bands or one or some of them. That only lasted a few years. 73, John, K4BAI. ________________
What I don't get is that we chose these bands to be without contests so people would have some contest-free zones to go to when the other bands became filled with contesters. Then there are all these
Make it once a year and make the non-warc bands contest free that weekend. Like me I am sure that many contesters don't have any warc antennas. A warc contest would likely increase antenna sales. Why
Hmm. I guess we cannot suggest to non-contesters what bands to use. Neither we can expect them to use certain bands (in this case the WARC bands). They "owe" the ham radio spectrum in the same propor
Have an inverted vee or dipole or loop up for 40 or 80 meters? If so, you've got an antenna on the WARC bands. Antenna timers do wonders. 73 Rich NN3W Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Reply mes
Amen. I got 8BDXCC essentially with a single wire antenna. -- Michael D. Adams (N1EN) | Poquonock, Connecticut | mda@n1en.org _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
WARC band contesting = please NO NO NO From a small DXpedition point of view, when it is a major contest weekend you have a difficult choice - either try to take part in the contest battling the QRM