[CQ-Contest] Reply to SO2R comments...

[Ken Wolff]

As the owner of the station in question I will make a (rare) submission to
the reflector.

There are not enough channels and there are no "frequency rights."  There is
almost always someone on every frequency, whether you can hear them of not.
Pick a frequency for best rate. If K3LR or K1AR is also on that channel (or
just shows up), your rate may not be optimized. The good op knows when to
fight and when to fold, it's part of the game.

Ken K1EA

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-cq-contest at contesting.com
[mailto:owner-cq-contest at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Dorr
Sent:	Monday, March 05, 2001 7:30 PM
To:	'cq-contest at contesting.com'
Subject:	[CQ-Contest] Reply to SO2R comments...


Well, I'll step up here considering no one else seems willing to mention
real calls/names. The incident with N2MG involved myself while operating on
10M. I had the good fortune to have two needed multipliers call me which I
managed to successfully pass to 15M.

Now, I agree about the concern over the frequency ownership issue raised by
several guys on here. In this case (and correct me if I'm wrong), I believe
the passes probably took about 45-60 seconds each. That is, in my view,
within a reasonable window to say you're still using a run frequency.
Naturally, that can be debated at great length as it already has been on
this channel.

The point in my on-air comment to Mike was simply that instead of trying to
have the debate in the heat of battle, he would be better off finding his
own frequency and focussing on passing guys himself as appropriate.
Obviously that's a one-sided view but, right or wrong,  seems to be a
regular practice by most operators.

BTW, for the record, I was not operating with two radios this weekend. But,
a fair point has been raised here about how long a frequency is legitimately
yours when you choose to vacate it for any reason. I submit to the
contesting court that there's no cookbook answer to that one.

73 John, K1AR


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>From James Funk" <jfunk at adams.net  Tue Mar  6 11:42:45 2001
From: James Funk" <jfunk at adams.net (James Funk)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 05:42:45 -0600
Subject: [CQ-Contest] "*WAS*" the frequency in use???
Message-ID: <002401c0a656$f711a1a0$ed1c8ad8 at funk>


K6LL wrote:

If I ask "Is the frequency in use?" and nobody answers, and I call
CQ and nobody objects, I consider the frequency mine. If someone
comes back 45 seconds later to claim the frequency, he's not going
to get it without a fight.

I'm with you, Dave.  Someday, I may be loud enough or smart enough to run 2
radios.  Or I might live in New England.  Nah.  In the meantime, my hundred
watts will take any 2.5 khz slot it can find that's free *when I ask if it's
NOW in use*.

73, Jim N9JF


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