[UK-CONTEST] CQWW 2004

Steve Rawlings steve at alg.demon.co.uk
Mon Nov 1 17:48:36 EST 2004


Andy wrote:
 > So what's the fuss?  It's not as if its every day and the CWers get
 > their turn at the end of the month.
This sounds like a contester's view of the world.

If contesters took a broader view of the overall situation, they would 
discover that very few of the regular 40 m CW operators are contesters. 
  For such operators, the CW leg of CQ WW is far from consolation for 
the mayhem caused by the SSB event.   The CQ WW events together 
constitute a double blow for many casual operators; home-brewers; 
experimenters; and those with limited bands/operating time.

Only if you take a bird's eye view will you begin to understand the 
fuss.   As contesters, we must all realise that a small minority of SSB 
contesters cause significant annoyance to those good people who keep 40m 
CW buzzing with activity _between_ contests.   Like Colin, I am also 
embarrassed and ashamed when I hear SSB contesters operating outside the 
agreed bandplans, or enticing others to do so.


Regards to all,
Steve GW4ALG





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