[CQ-Contest] Summary: Disruption of Emergency Communication during CQWW SSB contest

[Steve Hanlon]

please stop and think about this entire thread.  we all have a radio (or 
two) in front of us.  if an event happened that required HF comms, i 
would think plenty of people would stop contesting and monitor the 
situation.  is ham radio contesting that important that it must happen 
during a emergency that needs HF support?  would you still try to run'em 
if a disaster struck like the tsunami?

  if there is a real life and property situation, the bands would 
quickly make space just from the amount of people monitoring.  at least, 
i would hope the people with the best stations on the planet would stand 
by in such an instance...

-Steve, WM3O