If a CFZ is mandated in the rules, then it ought to be followed.
However, I do have to add this: If I drive into downtown Winnipeg on a
Winnipeg Jets game night (man, I love being able to say that again!), and my
preferred parking lot is full of cars belonging to those who have gone to
the Jets game, do I have the right to demand the parking lot operator
creates a Jets' Fans Free Zone?
Sometimes, things are busy. Sometimes, that means there's no room at the
Inn. It's nobody's fault. It just is.
Just not sure that anyone is justified in saying they have the right, at all
times, to park in their preferred parking lot. Perhaps they need to do what
the non-Jets fan must: park somewhere else. Like maybe in the WARC bands.
Or, now here's a novel idea: maybe they could play contest and discover just
how much fun it is!
73, kelly
ve4xt
On 10/4/11 7:56 PM, "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ron is right again. (Gawd, I hate it when I say that!)
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 12:10 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest-Free Zones was: Re: Record Number of SAC
> CW Logs -- Now Grab YourMicrophones!
>
> Mats,
>
> There's two factors involved here.
>
> One is a bunch of anti-contest whiners, who spend time immemorial
> complaining on the various internet forums about "those darn contesters."
> Notice that those who complain the loudest are rarely on the air on any
> band, at any time.
>
> The other... sorry Pete, but even if you disagree with the rules of a
> contest setting up "contest free" zones, they ought to be followed. Not
> only is it good amateur practice and sets a good example, but by breaking
> the contest rules in that way, you only give ammunition to the anti-contest
> whiners.
>
> While we contesters activate the bands (and how), we also have to share them
> with the non-contesters. No matter what the reason is, to push the
> non-contesters completely off of a given band, especially when operating a
> non-traditional mode in certain band segments -- such as SSB on 7005 kHz,
> for example -- is to antagonize and alienate other operators on the bands.
>
> Just because we have a "right" to use a frequency doesn't mean that we
> should.
>
> Sometimes we're our own worst enemies.
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mats Strandberg
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:24 PM
> To: n4zr@contesting.com
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest-Free Zones was: Re: Record Number of SAC
> CW Logs -- Now Grab YourMicrophones!
>
> Pete,
>
> I perfectly agree with you... WARC bands are underestimated when it comes
> to find contest-free bands or segments. Even during very heavy contests like
> CQWW, WPX, RDXC and others, I see that WARC bands are not used to their full
> extent. People are whining about contesters on the forums instead of
> activating modes and bands with contests.
>
> 73 de RA/SM6LRR, Mats
>
> 2011/10/3 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
>
>> Sorry Mats, I did not mean to cast aspersions on the SAC - I think the
> same
>> thing could be said with respect to contest-free zones in all contests, or
>> at least all single-mode contests. After all, the WARC bands and the
> other
>> modes are always available to non-contesters, as is lots of spectrum
> within
>> the contest bands and mode, except perhaps on SSB during CQWW.
>>
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at
>> www.conteststations.com
>> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
>> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
>> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/3/2011 1:34 PM, Mats Strandberg wrote:
>>
>>> About contest-free segments, I see no problems at all with that. On the
>>> contrary, it shows that the organizers are keen to leave space for
>>> non-contesters to operate. Too many contest sponsors have a sloppy
> approach
>>> to contest-free segments. This causes a big irritation among
> non-contesters.
>>> I am definitely in favour of penalties for stations who do not follow the
>>> suggested segments of a contest.
>>>
>>
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