[CQ-Contest] 30 M RTTY?

[Larry]

When the WARC bands came about it was generally agreed that there would 
be no contesting on the WARC bands. I have never heard any nor seen any 
proposed contest for the WARC bands in all that time. But as someone 
else pointed out with the DXpeditions it might seem that way at times.

73, Larry W6NWS

On 11/14/2017 12:23 PM, Gordon LaPoint wrote:
> Ron,
>     I do lots of RTTY, and other digitial modes.  I spend lots of time 
> on 30mtrs, but have never seen contesting on it, or any other WARC band.
>   I have seen the band busy when a Dxpedition was on.
>
> Gordon - N1MGO
>
> On 11/13/2017 10:49 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN 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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