[TOEC] SAC CW 2012 RESULTS PUBLIHED

[Göran Ingemar Backman]

In CW, if You accept to operate a rig 200 Hz + or - off of Your intended
frequency, then You must be 200 Hz away from the bandedge. If You operate a
WWII-rig and know only by the kHz, where You are, then You should operate 1
kHz from the bandedge. If You do not know at all, on which frequency You
are, You should find out that first before starting to transmit.

Is it really true that we have radio amateurs, that do not know what
frequency they are on? I find that really hard to believe, since that is a
basic thing in operating.

And about the silence, Mats. That is quite normal. As soon as things get
"jobbigt" (awkward), "hukar folk sig" (people bend down). Just sweep it
under the carpet... :-)

However, You have lifted the cat on the table. In the next contest, people
will be much more aware about their power and frequency. The change will
happen in silence. And there will no need for deductions in the next log
check. So thank You very much Mats for making an effort for better
contesting.

And about fucking up. It can happen to anyone. The difference is that not
everybody have the guts to admit the facts. I admit them, even the less
flattering one, because then I can adress the problem and correct it.
During the last SSA portable spring contest in May, I thought I rememberd
the rules. In operation I started to give running numbers in addition to
power class and locator. During operation I understood that something was
wrong and read the rules. There was no running numbers in this test...
After that operating was easier. The lesson learnt was to read the rules
before every contest, even the familiar ones. (I usually have a paper
beside the station with the most important facts, like what frequencys are
off contest.) And in the soap box comments in the log I asked for
forgiveness for my mistake, because some stations had been astonished to my
requsts for the running number.


73 de SM5SIC Göran





2012/11/13 Mikael Rytky <vfr_micke at msn.com>

>  Guys, please try to get my point from the technical perspective as I
> described. There is no way for an ordinary operator to know his accurate
> transmission frequency.
> SM6Z was accused for "fucking up" and pennalized, I would say that in this
> case a probability for a "SAC-management fuck-up" just as big! So if you
> are going to chase mosquitos, which has been done here, then use the right
> tools.
>
>
> /Mikael SM6VJA
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:32 +0400
> > From: sm6lrr at gmail.com
> > To: sm5sic at gmail.com
> > CC: TOEC at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TOEC] SAC CW 2012 RESULTS PUBLIHED
>
> >
> > Göran,
> >
> > As there for some reasons are so few contesters involved in this
> > discussions, I assume that some of the statements I brought forward was
> > interepreted by you as support for bad control of operating frequency?
> >
> > On the contrary I was recommending people to keep safe distance from
> upper
> > and lower ends of frequency segments, by having 1 kHz safety margin for
> CW
> > and 3 kHz margin for SSB (depending if the LSB or USB mode is used).
> >
> > Indeed it is very important to keep segments that are described by
> contest
> > sponsors as not only preferred but also recommended segments.
> >
> > My only concern is that easy tangible measurements risk to hide the more
> > difficult ones. Indeed it is very difficult to confirm power violations
> in
> > any of the three power levels QRP, LP and HP. However, we still need to
> > focus on them and to create ethics among contesters strong enough to keep
> > within the limites. QRP is sually below 5 Watts, LP usually below 100 W
> and
> > HP in Sweden is below 1000 W (in other countries up to 1500 W).
> >
> > I interpret the silence from leading contesters in Sweden regarding this
> > issue as quite interesting and actually amazing. We are a small group of
> > contesters who bring these questions up to debate. The only thing we
> > receive is spread comments that this is stupid and without importance.
> >
> > The general silence is also a statement of "shut up", in the same way
> that
> > certain hot political questions in Sweden were treated until few years
> ago,
> >
> > Is this a Swedish phenomena?
> >
> > When something is sensitive, let the "weirdos" talk without any public
> > debate - with hope the question will die and the people get tired from
> the
> > issue?
> >
> > A sign of weakness for the contest community?
> >
> > 73 de SM6LRR, Mats
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