[CQ-Contest] anti-contest petition MMSN

[Scott Currier]

It will be interesting to see what they get for signatures. Contesters tend to be active and they also spend money. Two attributes that will make it very much an uphill battle for the net to achieve it's goal of having some spectrum set aside. 

An event with participation levels as high as a major contest will be difficult to beat. 

I think it is going to come down to them either adapting and learning how to co-exist with contests or eternal complaining. 

There is no evidence that this 10 hour a day net on 14.300 is a good use of spectrum. They're not the only ones or even the best ones to handle emergency traffic. 

However, contests are good for the hobby, they encourage people to put what they have learned into practice and to spend money building better stations. The contests are short lived and normally are restricted to a single mode and they are not on all of the HF bands. They do inconvenience a few people but so does this net. 

73 and good contesting. 

Scott Currier
KT1B
Haverhill, MA























> From: nn3w at cox.net
> To: wn3vaw at verizon.net; david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:08:21 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] anti-contest petition MMSN
> 
> Remember, this is not a petition to the FCC.  This seems like an open ended 
> petition directed at contest sponsors (e.g., the ARRL and CQ).
> 
> Mind you, that the petition would eventually like to influence national 
> level clubs - i.e., DARC, RSGB, RAC, ARRL, etc.
> 
> There is where the real problem is - as was aptly demonstrated this past 
> summer involving the WAE contests..
> 
> 73 Rich NN3W
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> To: "'David Kopacz'" <david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com>; 
> <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] anti-contest petition MMSN
> 
> 
> > Here's the funny thing.
> >
> > Let's suppose the FCC gives the MMSN guys what they want.
> >
> > What's to stop contesters outside of FCC jurisdiction from operating just 
> > as
> > they do now, including operating near or on the MMSN frequency?  Nothing.
> >
> > On that basis alone, the FCC should reject the petition as unrealistic.
> >
> > 73, ron w3wn
> >
> >
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