[CQ-Contest] WARC band contesting is a thing now !

[John Geiger]

" Hint: Don't call it a "contest." How about Activity Day?"

Not a bad idea.  Field Day clogs the bands more than any contest, but you
never see the non-contesters complaining about FD.

73 John W5TD

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:34 AM James Cain <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Breach of faith and trust" in whom? The elected so-called
> "representatives" we sent to the 1979 WARC where the new bands got laid
> out? The red herring of "placating non-contesters" stank then and it stinks
> now.
>
> I agree with Doug Renwick and have thought for years that a single-band
> contest on each of the new bands, once a year, would be a lot of fun and
> might attract new people to use them. Hint: Don't call it a "contest." How
> about Activity Day?
>
> Cain, K1TN
>
> No.  For the breach of faith and trust alone, this is a terrible idea.
> IMHO.
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Renwick <ve5ra at sasktel.net>
> To: 'CQ-Contest Reflector' <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 7, 2020 8:26 am
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WARC band contesting is a thing now !
>
> I think a single band WARC contest would be fun. Say have a 30m or 17m or
> 12m single band contest for a weekend; something like what is done with 10m
> and 160m contests. Non contesters can use the non-WARC bands. Think about
> it.
>
> Doug
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