[CQ-Contest] WARC Bands and Contesting: One-time use

[PaulKB8N at aol.com]

I've tried looking through the thread and haven't come across this, which  
does not mean it hasn't been mentioned:
 
Field Day should be the One and Only "contest" where the WARC bands  can be 
used.  It is an emergency communications test as much as a  contest and our 
community should be able to test these bands, because they may  be needed 
in an actual emergency.
 
My two cents.
 
Paul, K5AF
 
 
In a message dated 8/8/2013 11:19:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
richnn3w at verizon.net writes:

Bob, its  not worth getting worked up over.  A lot of the anti contester 
types  can be summed up in a line from a character named Kyle Reese:

"Listen,  and understand ... It can't be bargained with.  It can't be 
reasoned  with.  It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.  And it  
absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead"

You simply  cannot reason with stupid and ignorant.  Go on over to 
qrz.com and  eham.net and read the contest rants that appear during and 
after most  every major contest (interestingly, usually after a major SSB  
contest).

"there is a contest every weekend"
"why can't the  contests be relegated only to the WARC bands"
"our ragchew group meets  every day of the week on 14.266 at 1900z...we 
were jammed out when we  started up because the contest was on"
"why can't we have 14.275 to 14.350  contest free"
"why doesn't the ARRL put a stop to all the madness in the  CQWW"
"14.300 should be given a 10.00 kHz buffer"
"my radio doesn't have  a WARC band option"
"I don't have antennas on the WARC band"
"why were  there SSB contesters on 7.045"
"why do contesters work split and take up  two frequencies at once"

The stupid is very, very strong with this  contingent.

73 Rich NN3W

On 8/7/2013 10:30 AM, w5ov at w5ov.com  wrote:
> Since the WARC bands are contest-free bands, where's the  balance?
>
> Where are the contesting-only bands?
>
>  Of course, there are none.  And, it would be absurd to presume that  
there
> should be.
>
> However, non-contesters are allowed  to hold a similar absurd opinion and
> are in fact, encouraged by some  to seek to have contest band segments
> established and the like in  order to limit contest use of the bands.
>
> When will there be  fairness? When will non-contesters realize that they
> have exclusive  non-contest allocations and that they should stop
>  complaining?
>
> Seriously, while there are contests pretty much  every weekend, less than
> 10 weekends a year (less than 20% of the  weekends) have major contests on
> them that dominate the bands and most  of those are one mode at a time.
>
> Is less than 20% of the  weekends really too much to ask for contesters ?
>
>  Really?
>
> So, non-contesters get greater than 80% of the year  without a major
> contest going on and they also get 3 (albeit small)  bands where contest
> activity is precluded.
>
> Exactly how  much would be enough for non-contesters? Hmmm?
>
> We need to  fight back.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob  W5OV
>
>
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