[CQ-Contest] Fwd: Re: [multipsk] EURAO Party - Dec 20/21 2014: be digital, explore 30m

Tue Nov 18 13:59:45 EST 2014

Excuse me Paul,
30 meters is my favorite band. And yes I operate all the time. Maybe 
thats why I bitch when I hear about something that shouldn't be.  As 
someone else said about the Duck.

And I really do not know why it is an under used band, except maybe 
because you cant "Talk" with your mouth on it?
If this band had the bandwidth of 20 meters, and allow all modes, it 
would be even more popular than 20 meters.
But oh well whatever,,

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/18/2014 12:34 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> Why do you want to stop an operating event on an underused band? It's
> not a contest, there are no awards, there's no exchange. It's just an
> event to get a critical mass of hams on the air to try different modes
> on a different band.
>
> Better to just listen to background noise all day instead.
>
> I've got to ask...do you ever actually operate? All I see is you
> complaining about something or another on various reflectors. Today
> it's this operating event, a few months ago on AMSAT-BB it was
> lamenting the lack of new linear LEO satellites despite 3 of them
> being put into orbit over the past year (and I've never heard you on
> any satellite anyway).
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>> That what I meant.  I hope I did not come across as promoting this.  I'd
>> like to stop it any way possible.
>>
>> But How?
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
>> Sig
>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
>> Idle Tyme
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>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
>>
>> On 11/18/2014 11:00 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>>> Joe,
>>>    IMHO, based on the description of this "operating event" included, and
>>> applying the theory of "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims
>>> like a duck, eats like a duck, quacks like a duck and flies luck a duck,
>>> then it's not a marlin"
>>>    It's a contest.  It may be a "low key" event like many state QSO
>>> parties, but it's a contest.
>>>    It's a bad idea to do this on 30 meters, and I'd bet even money that the
>>> organizers know this, or they wouldn't take such pains to tell everyone that
>>> it's NOT a contest.
>>>
>>> That all said... I'm not sure what we, as part of the contesting
>>> community, can do about this.  Certainly we don't need to promote it.  But
>>> outside of distancing ourselves from this event... although the contest
>>> community will get blamed anyway... and telling the organizers that this is
>>> a bad idea (a suggestion which, I suspect, they will be pre-disposed to
>>> reject), I'm not sure what other actions we can take.
>>>    73, ron w3wn
>>>
>>> On 11/18/14, Joe wrote:
>>>
>>> Should this be promoted?
>>> It says not a Contest, well,, yeah, but it's a slippery slope for
>>> sure. First this, then what, I already hear grumblings from NON
>>> Contesters when a W1AW Portable station shows up on a WARC band or a
>>> rare DX where it sounds just like a contest with the giant pile ups.
>>>
>>> Should the amateur population pressure folk like this to NOT do stuff
>>> like this?
>>>
>>> Joe WB9SBD
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [multipsk] EURAO Party - Dec 20/21 2014: be digital,
>>> explore 30m
>>> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:54:05 -0500
>>> From: blitz716 blitz716 at sonic.net [multipsk] <multipsk at yahoogroups.com>
>>> Reply-To: multipsk at yahoogroups.com
>>> To: multipsk at yahoogroups.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought the WARC band were supposed to be free from this "CQ Nonsense"
>>> contest BS?
>>>
>>> dhobson123 at aol.com [multipsk] wrote:
>>>> EURAO Party - Autumn 2014: be digital, explore 30m
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The European Radio Amateurs' Organization:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.eurao.org
>>>>
>>>> , together with the 30 Meter Digital Group: http://www.30MDG.org
>>>>
>>>> announce a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "be
>>>> digital, explore 30m". Remember this is not a contest, it is just a
>>>> radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them
>>>> recommendations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Purpose: to promote this magnificent band, all digital modes, have fun
>>>> and meet other hams all over the world. Of course also SWLing is welcome.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Date & time: December 20th and 21st, 2014, Saturday and Sunday,
>>>> 00:00-24:00 UTC.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bands & modes: these are the recommended modes/frequencies (+/-) for
>>>> the 30m band: CW/10.100-10.130, SSTV-N/10.132 and 10.144,
>>>> WSPR/10.1386, JT65/10.138-10.140, BPSK31/10.140-10.142,
>>>> RTTY/10.142-10.145, ROS/10.144-10.145, FeldHELL/10.144! ,
>>>> APRS/10.1491-10.1495 MHz. Tools: HamSpots, Band Chart.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Exchange: because this is a QSO event, not a contest, you can talk
>>>> about whatever you want, in any language, and for as long as you like.
>>>> Here are some topic suggestions to get the conversation going: name,
>>>> city, locator, weather, antennas, rigs, etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> go here for more details: http://www.eurao.org/en/node/639
>>>>
>>>>
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