K4IK makes an excellent point. The view from this operating desk is that
every radio has a VFO knob, most have pass band tuning, many have IF
filters, most have audio pass band filtering. I have never seen an amateur
license granting priveledges on an assigned carrier frequency. I've done my
share of phone patches, jumped on the IMRA net one afternoon in response to
a request from a local seminary student and originated some emergency
traffic.
What do the emergency/maritime nets do when the MUF drops below 14 Mhz? Shut
down? Cmon' guys, the argument that 17 "won't work" just doesn't wash. I
think some days 17 might be your most reliable band over certain paths. The
solar cycle is going to bottom out soon. What are you going to do when the
MUF is 11 Mhz. Hmm?
Might have to learn CW and get on 30. Oh m'god!
Agreed. Some health and welfare traffic might be more important than that
new mult or another 150 4 point QSOs this hour. If you TRULY believe that,
do what most quality DXers and contesters do:
Learn propagation. Have the flexibility to operate on a variety of
frequencies with a variety of antenna systems...and learn to use the
features on your radio
FT5XO was S2 yesterday morning on 20 CW under some idiot QRMing with strings
of "a's and u's" I like to think I made the QSO because of decent listening
and operating skills.
Hate to have my life on the line and have to depend on one of these babies
who complain about QRM a kilohertz down.
The VFO is that big knob in the middle of the front panel, those little
buttons...band selectors.
That's my .02. Pse QSY....
73,
Mark, K9GX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik@subich.com>
To: <K3BU@aol.com>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 14.300 MHz
>
>
>> K3BU@aol.com writes:
>>
>> While we have sympathy and consideration for emergencies and
>> their traffic, demanding to keep "their" frequency clear is
>> pushing it.
>
> As I pointed out, every US amateur acknowledges that he has no
> "right" to any specific frequency. That applies to these so
> called public service nets as well.
>
> However, someone else pointed out to me in an off reflector
> reply that this issue is really broader than contesters vs.
> 14.300. Let's add the intentional interference TO contesters
> from the children on 14.230 as well as the supporters of 14.300
> and other "private" enclaves. I don't know of any big signal
> contest station who hasn't been chased up and down the band
> by idiots playing back their own (or other big gun) CQs or
> being subjected to random audio tones, white noise and other
> intentional interference.
>
> The litany against the armchair missionaries and pseudo-sailors
> can be extended to the complete disregard they show for PSK and
> RTTY operations between 14.068 and 14.099 (in addition to 40,
> 17, and 15 meters at least) when they fire up their WinLink boxes
> to call some scanning MBO and retrieve their commercial e-mail
> (yes, copy it sometime). There is no "listen first" - nothing.
> Try working a RTTY contest when one of the highspeed links comes
> up ... or try chatting on PSK31 - you might as well give up
> because nothing is going to stop that noise until every message
> has been sent.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, K4IK
>
>
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