[CQ-Contest] Re: How about 40M?

[Jan.E.Holm at telia.se]

       A little clarification.

       1. The band plan (IARU) is no rule, it´s a recomendation
       2. My Swedish ham license does not stipulate what mode
           I´m supposed to use on a certain frequency. On 40 it 
           says I can use 7000-7100 and thats it.
       3. Consequence is I could transmitt wide band FM on 7010
           if I like to.
       4. Now, is it ethical not to follow the IARU band plan, which
           again is a recomendation, this is a totaly different 
question.
       5. Bottow line is. CQ can not disqualify me if I transmitt SSB
           on 7005 kHz.

       73, Jim SM2EKM
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Tom Baugh wrote:
> 
> In listening and listing the gripes,  might I also say that operating
> practices on 40 M where terrible. I heard no less than 8 times.. an
> unidentified operator, transmit on the DX listening frequency. Asking 
for
> the needed split information and another "unidentified" amateur 
transmitting
> "why don't you just make you contact ON the frequency". Both of them 
of
> course wrong, in what they did  tombaugh at megsinet.net
> 

other aspect of 40m: band plan violations! ... many european stations
made qso's below 7.040, the lowest i heard was around 7.010 ... making
CW contacts impossible

just to remember:

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XII. DISQUALIFICATION: Violation of amateur radio regulations in the
country of the
contestant, or the rules of the contest; unsportsmanlike conduct
[...]
will be deemed sufficient cause for disqualification.
************

(from Rules 2000, www.cqww.com)



73, Fab DJ1YFK




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