I've never heard before of a ban by anyone of nets on 17 meters (or 12 or 30
for that matter).
The only "ban" is that due to the various limitations of the three WARC
bands (small size, power limits on some frequencies and in some areas, and
some not available in some parts of the world to name 3), none of the major
contests and as far as I know none of the smaller contests permit contest
operating on these bands.
And that's a choice (and a good one, I think) by the various contest
sponsors, it's not mandated by official regulations.
73, ron wn3vaw
"Be who you are, say what you think, people that matter don't care, and
people that care don't matter." -- Dr. Seuss
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Atkinson, K5UJ <k5uj@hotmail.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:37 PM
Subject: [TenTec] 20 m users' net
It's my understanding that nets aren't allowed on 17. By "not allowed" I
mean one of those considerate operator's band plan type agreements like no
contests on warc. However, my source for this was a bunch of guys in a net
I check into who were complaining about 20 m. qrm. I suggested 17m as an
alternative and was told "no nets on 17." Don't know where this came from
if true...ARRL?
Rob Atkinson
K5UJ
k5uj@hotmail.com
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