Sep VHF/UHF Skeds

[Pete_Walter-CPW005 at email.mot.com]

Hello,
I'll be operating portable as a single op again from EN52sa.  I'll have decent 
equipment for 50 - 5760 MHz.  

I'd like to set up 6 meter SSB meteor skeds on Sunday 1000Z - 1500Z.  I'd also 
like to try some long distance tropo skeds on 2 meters and up (SSB or CW) before 
0630Z or after 1000Z on 9/11.

I can be reached via EMAIL until 9/7 at
Pete_Walter-CPW005 at email.mot.com
I can be reached by telephone until 9/8 at
(708) 576-3756 days,
(708) 303-6245 evenings & weekend.

73, Pete, K9PW

>From Walton L. Stinson" <wstinson at csn.org  Fri Sep  2 18:30:54 1994
From: Walton L. Stinson" <wstinson at csn.org (Walton L. Stinson)
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 11:30:54 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 10 minute rule
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9409021006.A24566-0100000 at teal.csn.org>



> Why all this fuss?  Why don't the "powers that be" eliminate this
archaic
> carryover from the distant past?  I don't understand why this
rule still
> exists.  Don't give us a history lesson, just get rid of this
outmoded, > artifact of days gone by... Walt - K2WK >
> Lets put it to a vote.
> 

being no great fan of the 10 min rule myself, i can sympathize with your
feelings about it. but before you propose eliminating this rule, i suggest
you learn a little about why the rule exists.  as one who has dealt with
this issue for many years on the CAC, i assure you that there are two
sides to it (at least.)  essentially, the 10 min rule keeps m/s from 
being m/m.  without it m/s mult stations become run stations and the dreaded
octopuss will return. is that the outcome you are seeking?  if not, you
are going to have to come up with a better solution than simply
eliminating the 10m rule.

the arrl and cq rules differ.  cq allows one, and only one, other band to 
used for mult hunting/working during the 10 min period.  arrl allows just one
band to be transmitted on during the 10 min period, with listening permitted
on the other bands.  thus, arrl favors smaller stations, while cq favors
larger ones.

one recent suggestion was to designate a transmitter as the run transmitter, 
and require that transmitter to remain on a band a least 10 min, while 
permitting the mult station to go to any band at any time to get a mult 
only. this proposal got no where because it is unenforceable (doesnt 
reflect in the logs.) there is no way to prove which station was used to 
make a particular contact.

the advantage of the current rule is that it is objectively enforceable
and it accomplishes the goal of clearly separating the m/s and m/m
categories. the disadvantage is that it slows the pace of the contest. 
unfortunately, i don't see a way to eliminate it without blurring the
distinctions between m/s and m/m. 

73, walt stinson, w0cp (cac vice chairman) <wstinson at listenup.com>