[UK-CONTEST] CQWW 2004

[Don Beattie]

This is a difficult one. And I don't think 40m is the real case in point. 
160 is a better example of flouting the bandpalns. I own up to doing it 
myself - I was on 1822.5 for about two hours on Saturday morning, and worked 
about 300 stations. There was just no space anywhere else.

So what is a contester to do in one of these big contests ?  Sit on top of 
someone else ?  Withdraw from the gentlemen's sport of contesting ?  Wait 
till a clear frequency becomes available ?

It's a real issue, but one which comes up a very few times each year. I 
guess that it accounts for 3 weekends in a year - less than 2% of the time. 
98% adherence to IARU recopmmended band plans isn't bad in my book !

There may be a case (to remove the emotion from this) for having a look at 
the wording of the IARU recommendation, to make clear that "force majeure" 
applies in the case of major international contests !

An RSGB paper for Davos, Colin ?


73

Don

PS I was using G3BJ and not G5W at the weekend, so Bob's proposal doesn't 
apply !!!!!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Henderson" <bob at cytanet.com.cy>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>; <colin at g3psm.net>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CQWW 2004


> Perhaps adherence to relevent band plans should be a condition attached to
> RSGB issued contest calls.  Withdrawal for non compliance or shot at dawn?
>
> Bob
>
> Bob Henderson
> Giolou, Pafos, Cyprus.
> e-mail: bob at 5b4agn.net
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <colin at g3psm.net>
> To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:46 PM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CQWW 2004
>
>
>>
>> At the risk of raising a somewhat contentious issue (who me?), should
>> the RSGB be seen to be actively encouraging the breaking of the agreed
>> Region 1 Bandplan?.   While it generally agreed that the bandplans go
>> out of the windows each time there is a CQWW Contest I find it somewhat
>> embarrassing when I hear a GM station on 7003 kHz using a RSGB Contest
>> callsign calling CQ Contest and listening this frequency AND 7022 !!
>>
>> Comments, flak etc.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Colin, G3PSM
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