[CQ-Contest] A proposal

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Jim, 

> There is no LAW against an "Activity Day" (contest) on a 
> "WARC band." There's no LAW against a five-word-per-minute CW 
> ragchewer on 7010 during a DX contest, either. Somebody just 
> has to organize the Activity Day, announce it, and pump it 
> up. We could do it on this very reflector. You would not need 
> high power or a beam to be competitive in an activity like 
> this. How cool would it be if we moved the upcoming NAQP CW 
> to 30, 17, and 12 Meters? (Oh, OK, it would be cooler if we 
> had some sunspots.)

Unlike some others, I think short (6 to 12 hour) "activity 
periods" would be good for 17 and 12 meters.  I would see that 
they are scheduled at times when there isn't a major activity 
on the older bands so as not to "fill up" all the bands with 
"contest" type activity and I would do only one band at a time 
- again to avoid "contest monopolization." 

Note since 30 meters is shared with point to point, I would not 
schedule any "activity period" there.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV