On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 09:54:39AM -0500, Mark Bailey wrote:
> I understand your points, but I humbly disagree! Part of the charm of
> Sweepstakes is getting a QSO on Sunday afternoon by walking someone
> through the exchange. What year were you licensed? How much power
> are you running? Am I your first contact? What ARRL Section are you in?
>
> And then explaining the exchange. Tell the next guy...
>
> This may even net us a few new contesters.
>
> What do we do with these guys if the painfully acquired QSO's doesn't count?
> And we know it probably won't count. I probably had at least 10 of these
> last
> weekend.
>
> And, yes, I do this in CW too if it's slow enough...Probably two or three
> times
> a couple of weeks ago.
Well, the data speaks for itself on CW. There is nothing wrong with doing
this - but hopefully you will be able to encourage them to go work other
people - which will do more to convert them than just one QSO.
I realize on SSB this happens a lot more. I will post some unique data
from the top SSB stations to see what it looks like.
Let's let the data speak.
Tree
>From KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG Mon Nov 18 17:21:09 2002
From: KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG (KØHB)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 80M DX window???
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<002001c28eba$0de3f660$2f9a2944@madsnh01.mi.comcast.net>
Message-ID: <003101c28f26$e43987e0$1011be3f@bigguy>
----- Original Message -----
From: "K8KHZ-Sean Fleming" <sean@k8khz.com>
> So, I look on to the next page the US Amatuer Bands Bandchat where I see
> US Extra hams are allowed phone from 3.750 to 4.000. This covers this small
> space. So in conclusion I asked if it was in use and there was no reply. So
> called CQ. I was using it and there was no DX there before me. So, Just
> because that maybe it is the "DX Window" we shold all know frst to be there
> has the frequency untill it is relenquished.
You won't find "DX Window" defined in the FCC rules. It's called a "Gentlemen's
Agreement" which in most of our minds has the same force and effect as Part 97.
With all kind wishes,
de Hans, K0HB
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