[CQ-Contest] SSB below 1.843

[Michael Keane K1MK]

At 01:14 PM 2/25/07, Cedrick \"Fred\" Johnson - WT2P wrote:

>So, what's going to happen when 20M gets too full in a SSB contest? Oh, I
>think I'll just jump on down to 14.025 in SSB and call CQ because the SSB
>portion of the band is 'full' on one of the biggest SSB contests of the
>year!

Keeping SSB above 1843 is by band plan; no SSB at 14025 is by regulation.

The point about band plans not being applicable under usual 
circumstances such as contests has been made enough times; see Item 
5c in <http://www.arrl.org/contests/hf-faq.html#noncontesters>

Michael Keane K1MK
k1mk at alum.mit.edu