[CQ-Contest] 14.300 MHz

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

> Rich Gelber writes: 
> 
> The essence of the problem is two sentences contained within VE3II's 
> message:
> 
> "Unlike contesting, what we do on 14.300 is serious, life and 
> death work.  We don't collect points, we don't go for the rare ones, 
> we save lives."
> 
> The message is that what they do is more important than what 
> we do.  What bothers me is that, if what they do is more important 
> than what we do, why do they do it in the middle of what we do, when 
> other spectrum is available?

... and if my life were on the line, I hope it would be a contester 
with his three high stack of big yagis and well trained ears trying 
to pull through my weak signal and not some easy chair missionary or 
pretend sailor with a minibeam at 25' above ground.  

NN2NN claims, "if we had a poll of the Ham community at-large of what 
is a more important use of 14.300 Mhz, I think we know what the results 
would be."

... if that was a poll of amateurs active on HF modes, I think you, 
and other groups like you who expect a reserved frequency, would lose 
by a wide margin. 

73, 

   ... Joe, K4IK