[CQ-Contest] Holding a Freq Before a Contest

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 8, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Fabian Kurz wrote:

> I don't think it would be a good idea to install such rules. I don't
> find it unsportsmanlike at all, since everyone has the same chances
> and the right to do it before a contest, and just like in the contest
> itself it will be not more or less difficult to find a good spot on
> the band.

For SS Phone 2004 (LP), I warmed up a nice frequency on 20m a half- 
hour before the contest. When the contest actually started, the QRM  
level went so high that the frequency became unproductive within the  
first couple of minutes.

I moved about 12 kHz away and found a nice frequency that I stayed on  
for a couple of hours.

My point is, even if you get on a frequency before a contest,  
conditions can change rapidly to eliminate any value that frequency  
might possess.

I don't see that there's any problem with warming up a frequency.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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