[CQ-Contest] WW SSB

[N5IET Bob]

> 40m needs more space. Tell your ITU representative we
need 7000-7300  
> worldwide. Then maybe CW won't get crowded out.
> 

Is this a sincere statement and if so how do you find out
who your ITU representative is. I wouldn't mind contacting
them if that is truly an option.

If your joking then the jokes on me, but if your serious I
didn't know we had one to contact.

 73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Coleman
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 6:23 PM
> To: Alan Leith
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WW SSB
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 30, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Alan Leith wrote:
> > Two things bothered me about this weekend's CQWWDX SSB
contest:
> >
> > 1.  The flagrant use by US stations listening down on
40M, 
> Canadians 
> > between 7000 and 7050 and Europeans and South
Americans using the
> > bottom
> > end of 40M on SSB.
> 
> Make 40m bigger, worldwide. Problem solved. Contact the
ITU.
> 
> > 2.  The useless spots on packet for Europeans.  Packet
was moving
> > so fast,
> > most of the time, I couldn't keep up with all the
crappy 
> spots.  I,  
> > for
> > one, didn't need to see a spot for an overpowered
European contest  
> > station
> > that was 40 over.  I won't name the offenders who did
the spotting  
> > but I
> > think they should have known better.
> 
> Useless to you, maybe, but not to everyone. At M/M and
M/S stations,  
> we often depend on those "useless" spots to pick up
extra Qs as well  
> as mults. We also send a boatload of them, too.
> 
> There's plenty of software around to filter out the
"useless" spots.  
> If there's a type of spot you don't want to see, filter
it 
> out. Don't  
> expect everyone around the world to do your filtering
for you.
> 
> > I know that Canada, and perhaps many other countries,
don't have
> > sub bands
> > but enough is enough.  Granted, the bands are crowded
but 
> for goodness
> > sake, don't squeeze out those of us who like CW.
> 
> CW will have it's opportunity to squeeze out SSB in
about four  
> weekends. And it will.
> 
> The reality is that MOST countries do not have subbands.
Almost none  
> have subbands as restrictive as the USA. The USA is the
exception,  
> not the rule.
> 
> > I spent a lot of time listening this weekend, even
made a couple of 
> > QSOs, and I really didn't like a lot of what I heard,
especially on
> > 40M.
> 
> 40m needs more space. Tell your ITU representative we
need 7000-7300  
> worldwide. Then maybe CW won't get crowded out.
> 
> George William Coleman              mail:
aa4lr at arrl.net
> Senior Software Developer           phone: 770 978-0196
> 
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