The issue with 5BDXCC really doesn’t have to do with WARC bands. It has to
do with the challenge factor.
Getting DXCC on 80 meters is considerably more difficult than getting it on
other bands, with 10 being a close second. Even W1AW only got 5BDXCC quite
recently, and 80 was the last band.
73
Ria, N2RJ
On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 9:58 AM K3TN via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> While I'm in favor of keeping with the gentleman's agreement of no
> contesting on the WARC bands, I'm not too worried about the VT QSO party
> allowing FT8 on WARC bands during its QSO party being the start of a
> slippery slope. I think it is a good think to periodically check to see if
> sentiment has changed. I think most of us on this reflector are old enough
> to remember early WARC enthusiasts being angry when DXpeditions started
> regularly causing pileups on the WARC bands - that sentiment has certainly
> changed.
>
> On this area,at least among contesters - I don't think it has. When the
> ARRL DX Advisory Committee asked about changing the 5BDXCC rules to allow
> the WARC bands to be part of the "five bands" for the award, I was all for
> it - for the majority of ham operators who are 40 years old or younger, the
> WARC bands are just bands - any new radio they bought just included them.
> On the PVRC refector, I mentioned that at some point the hobby might say
> "Yes, the WARC bands are just bands - let's allow contesting on them" and
> the reaction was overwhelmingly negative from PVRCers. We all kind of
> realize it is nice to have some haven for non-contesters on those few
> weekends per year that contesting really takes over the bands vs. just
> actually adds activity - and often proving the bands are far from dead!
> 73 John K3TN
>
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