[CQ-Contest] 30 M RTTY?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I agree it sounded like fake news to me, especially the part about CQ 
getting on and telling them that they would be DQed.

W0MU


On 11/14/2017 6:37 AM, Ria Jairam wrote:
> Given that contest sponsors require the exact frequency to be recorded -
> this seems like a fairy tale, or someone who just has a gripe against
> contesters.  It would also be easy to prove someone is on 30m, as they have
> SDR recordings of the entire contest bands now and would know if someone is
> there or not.
>
> Your theory about DXpeditions makes sense. The 3C guys were there and 9U
> was on 30 RTTY too (I worked them). They work split and it takes up a good
> portion of the band.
>
> 73
> Ria, N2RJ
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:28 AM Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Interesting item posted on the QRZ.COM forum this evening.  Now, I don't
>> believe it... but I have to ask anyway...
>>
>> The allegation posted by this induhvidual is as follows, and I quote:
>>
>> "Downside? Yes. When you wander off to a WARC band during a contest, hoping
>> find some relief, they are sometimes already there. On two occasions in the
>> last two years I have headed to 30 meters, only to find it taken over by
>> RTTY contesters. They stayed at it last time until someone from CQ magazine
>> showed up and told them that they were all disqualified for the CQ event if
>> they submitted 30m contacts in a contest. Hard to understand but true. If
>> you get into a contest, wouldn't you want to know the rules?
>>
>> Other than that blatant black eye, I like contesters."
>>
>> Incidentally, despite that last line, previous posts from this induhvidual
>> (I am deliberately not naming him at this time, if you know who it is,
>> please don't either) indicate that he is not exactly a fan of contests...
>> But I digress...
>>
>> Like I said, I don't believe the allegation.  Regardless, I have to ask if
>> this rings a bell with anyone, did something even close to this allegation
>> actually happen in the last 2 years?
>>
>> I mean, really?  Even if someone who wasn't a big-gun (or didn't care) was
>> operating "in the contest" on 30, someone from CQ Magazine shows up out of
>> the blue to chase them off?  That's so absurd on the face of it that it's
>> not even worth the paragraph to debunk it.
>>
>> Personally, I think the real story is that his favorite frequency was
>> already in use by someone, possiblly a small Dxpedition or a semi-rare DX
>> station, said station was running "contest style", and as a result, he put
>> 2
>> & 2 together... And came up with 22.
>>
>> And yes, I've already called him out on it.  Well, won't be the first time
>> I
>> get called names.  (Amazing how some tellers of tall tales don't like it
>> when their tall tale is exposed as just that.)  But just in case there is
>> even a smidgen of truth to the tale... Which I doubt... I have to ask.
>>
>> So, anyone ever hear of anything like this?  In recent memory, that is?
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>>
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