[CQ-Contest] SSB in CW band

[Michael Coslo]

On Oct 29, 2006, at 12:33 AM, N7MAL wrote:

> It is 0330Z Sat evening and between 7040 and 7062 it is a virtual  
> wasteland.
> 5T1 on 7040 and then nothing until a VE7 on 7062. Very few signals,  
> mostly
> CW. A check of cluster spots also confirms this wasted space. Yet  
> P40W who
> is an American ham is going strong on 7016, plus a fist-fight  
> between some
> CW guys, one of whom is defending P40W.
> It's just not the CW portion getting destroyed on 40 but also the  
> upper
> portion of the SSB segment. 40 meters in this particular contest  
> has become
> a free-for-all for contesters without regard to anyone or anything  
> else.
> There has to be boundaries established, and enforced, by the contest
> committee. Just because you go to P40 or PJ2 or wherever doesn't  
> give you a
> birthright to a clear frequency at the expense of people who are not
> interested in our contest.
> The abuse of 40 meters in this contest is unconscionable by any  
> standards
> and is precisely why people who are not contesters hate us so much.

	A little bit of comparison here from a sponsor.

	The PAQSO  specifies (suggests) frequencies and specifically notes  
that 5 KHz below these frequencies is reserved for mobiles. It is  
apparently routinely ignored.  There are other frequency rules for  
the party at:

http://www.nittany-arc.net/paqsorules.htm

	Enforcement is a tricky issue however. Do I DQ someone on another's  
say-so? Or do I forgo the party myself, and play frequency cop? (the  
answer to both questions is no)

	If someone provides me with good evidence, I'll act on it.

> The abuse of 40 meters in this contest is unconscionable by any  
> standards
> and is precisely why people who are not contesters hate us so much.


Agreed, although it isn't just this contest.....


-73 de Mike KB3EIA -