[UK-CONTEST] Split Frequency in Contests?

[MacLean, John]

Peter, G4MJS, wrote :

>To enable them to work more stations more quickly - which is everyone's
>interest, surely? I came across 2 stations working split over the weekend,
>andinboth cases I was able to work them easily and quickly. If that's what
>it takes, I'd rather they occuiped 2 or 3 kHz with their pileup than spent
>30 seconds dragging out a couple of letters from every pileup and another
30
>seconds convincing everyone else to shut up while they work the station
they
>think they heard...

And what about all the stations squeezed together 2 or 3 (or more) KHz up
from the "rare DX" station, calling CQ test, who all of a sudden get random
callsigns obliterating their frequency, who of course, are not actually
calling them?  It's one thing to have to fight to keep a frequency another
contester has decided is now his, but to render 2-3K of a band out of use
for fellow competitors, especially if they were occupying this area
beforehand, that in my opinion is unacceptable.

There are countless "rarer" DXCC entities activated during CQWW.  How much
bandwidth would be left if they all worked split?

73 de John, MM0CCC (op GM7V).


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