[UK-CONTEST] BERU !

Don Beattie g3ozf at btinternet.com
Tue Mar 15 03:37:52 EST 2005


Bob Henderson wrote:

"However, I see no reason why the rules should not be changed to make the
operating segment run from 010 to 040 on 80/40 metres to prevent
unecessarily annoying non participants.  Yes, other DX contests use the
bottom 10 kHz on these bands but the activity level in CQWW and WPX etc make
it somewhat unavoidable where as in BERU it does not."

I think this is worth considering. Although it would make choice of 
operating frequency on 80 a tad tricky, I do feel bad having run-ins with 
the DX police every BERU. One was particularly trying this year, and only 
gave up when I was called by some VK on 80. As Bob says, BERU is not a huge 
contest, so we can't really put forward a volume of stations argument for 
busting the agreement about the DX/non-contest window.

What does everyone else think ?

Don, G3BJ




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