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

[N4ZR]

Seems likely to me that it was simple ignorance by the organizers.  I've 
seen a number of instances where inexperienced folks volunteered to 
handle a state QSO party and had one of those "wouldn't it be great 
if.we added something new..." ideas.  Usually not this bad, but in 
retrospect, I'm surprised this is the first time (that I can recall) 
this has happened since WARC 1979.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/8/2020 4:27 PM, Doug Grant wrote:
> Some years ago I was helping with a ham radio demo at a big Boy Scout
> event. Things were going great then two contests started (WAG and CQP I
> think). 10 and 15 got very full of contest activity so I decided to try the
> “If you want to get away from the contesters, try the WARC bands” idea to
> see if it really would work.
>
> It was great! Had a bunch of excellent introductory QSOs on 12 and 17
> meters with no QRM from those dang contesters.
>
> I support the “no contests on 12/17/30 meters” policy.
>
> The VTQP guys made a mistake and I hope they will not repeat it and that
> nobody else makes the same mistake.
>
> 73,
>
> Doug K1DG
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