[Mldxcc] [NCCC] OO Report

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

Last Saturday there was a contester QRM'ing the 40 meter swap net
for hours.  The other guys on the net couldn't get his attention.
I was able to get his attention using the MonstIR pointed his way.
He complained that he had been on the frequency for 3 hours.
The swap net had also been on the frequency for 3 hours.  This
type of thing causes very bad PR for contesters, especially since
W6PU had QRM'ed the net the previous weekend.  He was working
split, so I couldn't even yell at him.

I suggest that we should be aware of well known net frequencies
and avoid them.  In particular, 14300 is very well known as a
hot button frequency.

Rick N6RK

Jim Venneman wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Imagine my surprise to receive an Official Observers report in the mail today for alledgedly causing interference to a net on 14300 during the ARRL DX Phone contest a few weeks ago, while answering a CQ Contest call made by HE8AUS on 14302. No - this was not another case of an obnoxious contester calling CQ Contest and willfully ignoring all other operations nearby. Instead, my log shows I was operating in Search and Pounce mode at the time, working my way down the band. One minute before this, I was on 14308 working HG7T and a minute later  - on 14297 working DL2AA, and so on. I spent maybe 20-30 seconds working the HE8 before moving on, but was nabbed for a supposed violation of FCC regulations.
> 
> I found this to be a bit over the top and drafted a mild complaint to the Field Organizanization Manager at ARRL HQ (with a cc: to KX9X) in case this OO was parked on 14302 and is sending out a multitude of OO Notices to anyone that worked HE8AUS. Does anyone else beside me find this to be unacceptable? Anyone else receive an OO letter from K5RIC in the mail?
> 
> Just for the record - I am very supportive of the OO Program and believe that these volunteers do a fine job most of the time. I have received an OO Notice a time or two in the past - once for being too close to the band edge on 20 ssb and once for forgetting that I wasn't in "Split" and transmitted in the 40 meter DX Phone band by mistake. I obviously deserved these. 
> 
> Oh well - life goes on. See y'all this weekend in the WPX Phone contest. Just be careful around 14300, I guess.
> 
> Jim  -WX6V-
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