[CQ-Contest] Band edges?

[kg0us at swbell.net]

I have been licensed since 1977 and have never had the misfortune to receive
a notice from an OO which I believe stands for Official Observer.  Let us
say that one is out of band by a small amount and receives a notice from an
Official Observer.  What is a operator to do next?  Is one required to
respond back to the Official Observer in a prescribed amount of time?  What
is the penalty for this violation?

This is amateur radio and I believe some of us are going to occasionally
make some unintentional mistakes.  Anyone ever set the radio up incorrectly
on one of their first times operating phone split on forty meters phone.  I
heard too many US calls in the wrong part of 40 meters during the CQWW phone
contest.  The important thing is for us to learn from our mistakes and
ensure that it does not happen again.

I am surprised that these new high tech computerized transceivers do not
warn or prevent an operator from operating out of band.

73,

Dave KG0US



Ed Sleight wrote:

> Fellows, some of the speculation going on is highly suspect. I remember
> aksing the ARRL some years ago this specific question for SSB. Their
> answer was if you are less than 3 kHz from the bottom edge on SSB on the
> HF bands, you are out of band. At the same time, I seem to remember a
> figure of 1.25 kHz for CW.
>
> Speculation on the signal strength is merely that, any OO worth his salt
> has variable step attenuators.
>
> And as far as getting the FCC into it, let sleeping dogs lie! I would
> hesitate to turn this into a dogfight between the OO, the operator, and
> the FCC. You just might find the color changing on that notice.
>
> 73
> Ed
>
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