[CQ-Contest] Many US stns out of band

[JP]

Definitely a lot of that. More than a few US stations called us below 7100. We didn’t log any of them and politely informed them of their error. No idea what anyone else did in response. 

JP W2XX/KP4

> On Oct 26, 2025, at 6:07 PM, Barry W2UP <w2up.co at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not a SSB op, but got on to work a few stations in the contest.  I
> heard a number of DX stns CQing below 21200 and USA stations were calling
> them.
> 
> From what I can find online, the US phone band starts at 21.200.  Is this
> correct?
> If so, does the log checking software disallow the QSOs that took place out
> of band?  If so, for one or both sides of the QSO?
> 
> Barry W2UP
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