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Re: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: Re: [multipsk] EURAO Party - Dec 20/21 2014: be di

To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: Re: [multipsk] EURAO Party - Dec 20/21 2014: be digital, explore 30m
From: Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:59:45 -0600
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Excuse me Paul,
30 meters is my favorite band. And yes I operate all the time. Maybe thats why I bitch when I hear about something that shouldn't be. As someone else said about the Duck.

And I really do not know why it is an under used band, except maybe because you cant "Talk" with your mouth on it? If this band had the bandwidth of 20 meters, and allow all modes, it would be even more popular than 20 meters.
But oh well whatever,,

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/18/2014 12:34 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Why do you want to stop an operating event on an underused band? It's
not a contest, there are no awards, there's no exchange. It's just an
event to get a critical mass of hams on the air to try different modes
on a different band.

Better to just listen to background noise all day instead.

I've got to ask...do you ever actually operate? All I see is you
complaining about something or another on various reflectors. Today
it's this operating event, a few months ago on AMSAT-BB it was
lamenting the lack of new linear LEO satellites despite 3 of them
being put into orbit over the past year (and I've never heard you on
any satellite anyway).

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote:
That what I meant.  I hope I did not come across as promoting this.  I'd
like to stop it any way possible.

But How?

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/18/2014 11:00 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
Joe,
   IMHO, based on the description of this "operating event" included, and
applying the theory of "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims
like a duck, eats like a duck, quacks like a duck and flies luck a duck,
then it's not a marlin"
   It's a contest.  It may be a "low key" event like many state QSO
parties, but it's a contest.
   It's a bad idea to do this on 30 meters, and I'd bet even money that the
organizers know this, or they wouldn't take such pains to tell everyone that
it's NOT a contest.

That all said... I'm not sure what we, as part of the contesting
community, can do about this.  Certainly we don't need to promote it.  But
outside of distancing ourselves from this event... although the contest
community will get blamed anyway... and telling the organizers that this is
a bad idea (a suggestion which, I suspect, they will be pre-disposed to
reject), I'm not sure what other actions we can take.
   73, ron w3wn

On 11/18/14, Joe wrote:

Should this be promoted?
It says not a Contest, well,, yeah, but it's a slippery slope for
sure. First this, then what, I already hear grumblings from NON
Contesters when a W1AW Portable station shows up on a WARC band or a
rare DX where it sounds just like a contest with the giant pile ups.

Should the amateur population pressure folk like this to NOT do stuff
like this?

Joe WB9SBD



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Subject: Re: [multipsk] EURAO Party - Dec 20/21 2014: be digital,
explore 30m
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:54:05 -0500
From: blitz716 blitz716@sonic.net [multipsk] <multipsk@yahoogroups.com>
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To: multipsk@yahoogroups.com





I thought the WARC band were supposed to be free from this "CQ Nonsense"
contest BS?

dhobson123@aol.com [multipsk] wrote:
EURAO Party - Autumn 2014: be digital, explore 30m


The European Radio Amateurs' Organization:

http://www.eurao.org

, together with the 30 Meter Digital Group: http://www.30MDG.org

announce a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "be
digital, explore 30m". Remember this is not a contest, it is just a
radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them
recommendations.


Purpose: to promote this magnificent band, all digital modes, have fun
and meet other hams all over the world. Of course also SWLing is welcome.


Date & time: December 20th and 21st, 2014, Saturday and Sunday,
00:00-24:00 UTC.


Bands & modes: these are the recommended modes/frequencies (+/-) for
the 30m band: CW/10.100-10.130, SSTV-N/10.132 and 10.144,
WSPR/10.1386, JT65/10.138-10.140, BPSK31/10.140-10.142,
RTTY/10.142-10.145, ROS/10.144-10.145, FeldHELL/10.144! ,
APRS/10.1491-10.1495 MHz. Tools: HamSpots, Band Chart.


Exchange: because this is a QSO event, not a contest, you can talk
about whatever you want, in any language, and for as long as you like.
Here are some topic suggestions to get the conversation going: name,
city, locator, weather, antennas, rigs, etc.


go here for more details: http://www.eurao.org/en/node/639


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