[CQ-Contest] Log Checking Technology

[Ed Sawyer]

I think its great that this is finally getting the action that it has
deserved.  Kudos to Randy for leading the way on it.

 

2 comments/questions from me:

 

1)      I am very curious how Power was decided to be abused in the cases
where that was a violation.  Randy and I have had some dialog on my case of
seeing the difference in score and on air observation of my station changing
from the low power to the high power use and category.  There were a couple
of cases where it would have been likely obvious that I couldn't be using
low power any more (and wasn't) that Randy and I talked about.

2)      I have heard numerous people working outside of USA bands yet don't
see any USA calls on the warning list.  Is there a way that they should be
reported in the future for possible investigation?  If so, I was unaware of
this interest of the committee.  As all USA ops know, there seems to be some
difference in legal interpretation between country regulatory authorities on
exactly when you are "out of band".  Here in the US, the sideband is
considered part of the transmitted signal and therefore you can't legally
transmit on 21449.  Whether you can transmit on 212447.5 is a matter of
debate depending on the cleanness of your signal vs the -40dB skirts of your
signal spectrum but clearly, for any SSB signal 21448 and above is not going
to be legal for even the cleanest SSB signal from what I can determine
(maybe some even debate this - not sure).  Also, I have heard numerous US
hams call on 40M below 7150, some have even called me while I am listening
split.  Should we be emailing these infractions somewhere when observed?

Ed  N1UR