[UK-CONTEST] CQWW 2004

[Doug Roberts]

Um, forgive my stupidity, but I thought the bandplans were voluntary?

Pop this in your browser:  http://www.iaru-r2.org/hf_e.htm  - it takes you
to the IARU Region 2 website.  One of the footnotes to the excellent
comparison table of regions 1, 2 & 3 bandplans says,

"These bandplans are voluntary and as such cannot legally be enforced,
except in some countries in which the bandplans are written into the
national regulations." - anyone know which countries those are?
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Can I suggest a parallel to this strange allegation in that, since they
issue the licences, we should hold the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre
responsible for all speeding and parking tickets?
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Surely, if conditions are attached to the use of short calls, people will
just stop using them?

73,
Doug G0WMW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Allwood" <g3vqo at mapleleaf.plus.com>
To: "UK Contest" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [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?"
|
|
|
| I think that Colin has raised a very important issue here. Whilst
everybody
| seems to agree that it happens in major contests, and some feel that they
| "have the right" so to do when the band is busy, the RSGB is in a unique
| situation. For the short contest calls it is in effect the licensing
| authority and, as such, cannot be seen to be condoning the deliberate
| flouting of "rules" to which it is a signatory. Whilst people using their
| own callsign can act in accordance with their conscience (or not), those
| exercising the privileges of the short contest calls are acting as
| ambassadors for the RSGB.
|
|
|
|  "Perhaps adherence to relevant band plans should be a condition attached
to
| RSGB issued contest calls"
|
|
|
| Whilst making adherence to the band plans a condition of use of a short
| contest call would, by itself, make little difference to the global scale
of
| the problem, it would at least send a clear message to the world-wide
| contesting community. If it was then followed up by the RSGB HFCC
| threatening, and imposing, sanctions against ALL transgressors in
| RSGB-sponsored contests, the message would spread further. Maybe the RSGB
| could then hold the "moral high ground" and urge CQ (and others) to make
| similar rules for their contests.
|
|
|
| "One VERY important point to note before everyone starts firing both
barrels
| of their respective guns...  The GM in question was actually transmitting
on
| 7103kHz"
|
|
|
| Nobody actually specified a callsign, but the GM I heard at around 1700 on
| Sunday was definitely transmitting on 7023 for a protracted period!!! Or
| maybe he was on 7103 and has really bad spurii .
|
|
|
|  "And in the CQWW CW Contest, 40m contest activity invariably extends
close
| to 7.1MHz. Do the SSB guys complain?"
|
|
|
| This is a red herring. The discussion is about breaches of the band plan.
| The 40m band plan clearly states "and CW" all the way up to 7100.
|
|
|
| "The only comment I would add is that doing something so noticeable gives
| ammunition to the non-contesters to whinge about"
|
|
|
| Exactly!!!
|
|
|
| 73 de Les, G3VQO
|
|
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