This idea should not be dismissed lightly. It should be hurled aside with
great force!
I think that Radiosport would get a huge black eye if we even opened a
public conversation.
Even though I contest regularly, I feel that there really ought to be some
"game preserves" which are contest-free ALL THE TIME, and not just "go to
the other mode this weekend --- contesters are running (CW)(Phone)(RTTY)."
Further, for 30-some years we've been banging the drum "if contesters are
messing up your band (pick your weekend), go to the WARC bands". I don't
know if that policy is a PTT regulation anywhere carrying the force of law,
but it has been endorsed by major national/international societies (IARU,
ARRL, JARL, RSGB, RAC, etc) and adopted into the rules of every major
contest sponsor. Rolling back that agreement would fire up a shyttstorm of
epic proportions!
73, de Hans, K0HB
On 08/05/13, Bill Parry wrote:
I have been thinking that we have made a mistake in not allowing
contesting
on the WARC bands. These bands are real nice but there doesn't seem to be
much activity. If we were to have a WARC band contest, we would get the
occupancy rate up and it would help us become familiar with the band
openings etc....not to mention it would allow us to work a lot of DX.
Maybe
just one a year?
I know this topic is verboten but why not?
Bill W5VX
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