Topband: CQ 160 weird ideas

[Jim Brown]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:25:48 +0100, Lars Harlin wrote:

>generally I dont think, as someone else also said, that split mix 
>well with contesting.

I strongly agree, and I won't work a station who is working split 
mode in a contest EXCEPT when there are national frequency allocation 
issues that require the split (like 40M SSB). VP6DX was working split 
for much of a contest last year, and burning lots of the band with 
their pileup. I passed them up until later in the contest when they 
finally returned to their TX frequency. 

I DO strongly support a change in scoring rules that encourages east 
coast stations to listen to the west, and that allows stations 
outside the Atlantic basin to be competitive. 

73,

Jim K9YC