Bah, humbug! Trey is right, and there should be no contest free zone on 10m.
73 W3PP
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From: z.pitman@libertel.nl[SMTP:z.pitman@libertel.nl]
Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 5:15 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com; trey@kkn.net
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest-free 10M ARRL
>
> > In listening there, it seems a LOT of people are gonna get
> > disqualified. There are sure a lot operating in that area.
>
> The contest-free zone idea was ill-conceived from the outset.
> Here is one example of how it is broken:
>
> The "contest-free zone" is 28300-28350. The novice band in Argentina
> is 28300-28350. So what about LU novices that want to operate the
> contest? Are they going to be disqualified for operating at
> 28300-28350? How about W stations who answer "CQ contest" calls made
> by LU novices between 28300 and 28350? This is broken.
>
> --Trey, N5KO
Easy... The LU novices should use split like we in EU do it on 80m phone.
73s
Zoli HA1AG
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