There should not, should not, should not be any contest activity on the WARC
bands.
73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message -----
From: "VE5ZX" <ve5zx@hotmail.com>
To: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ZEROLAND QSO PARTY
> Joe,
>
> Apparently there is a gentleman's agreement according to this WIKI entry (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WARC_bands ) which says "Due to their
> relatively small bandwidth of 100 kHz or less, there is a sort of
> gentlemen's agreement that the WARC bands may not be used for general
> contesting." Maybe some one can clarify this fact.
>
> In these rules which I think are official
> http://www.zerolandqsoparty.com/
> it says "160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters only." WARC bands are not
> allowed.
>
> Yet in these rules in the QRZ forums
> http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=271653
> it says "Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20,15, and 10 plus QSOs on WARC bands & 50MHz
> by schedule. See Bonus section"
>
> Maybe some one can clarify which rules are the right ones. Hope there
> later
> posting is wrong It would be a shame to see contest intrusion on the WARC
> bands even for a single Q. It is not in the spirit of contesting and the
> use
> of WARC bands.
>
> Syl -VE5ZX
>
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