[UK-CONTEST] AFS contest etiquette

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Morning Rob/Ray, I'm not a big contester myself yet - tend to dabble  
in the local ones.
And I haven't tried a CW one yet. But let me echo others comments -  
this is unusual and I've only heard it in Sprint or as said, where  
someone gets confused as to whose freq it was. OK, Ok, none of us own  
a freq but you know what I mean, etiquette normally means you consider  
the freq to belong to whoever was running on it.
-- 
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the
same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least  
twice
as fast as that! -Lewis Carroll, mathematician and writer (1832-1898)

On 12 Jan 2009, at 11:07, Bob Henderson wrote:

> Ray
>
> This is a big question!
>
> The behaviour is contrary to the norm in my experience and is  
> certainly
> not a tactic I use.  That said, competition for space in which to  
> run is
> an inevitable part of contesting on crowded bands.
>
> Ultimately, if it doesn't breach the law, license conditions or the
> rules of the event, behaviour is left to individual discretion.  The
> only available remedy is peer pressure.
>
> Bob, 5B4AGN
>
> Ray - G4FON wrote:
>> I started late yesterday but found a clear frequency and had a  
>> reasonable run going when I was called by G3MIR, who I worked. The
>> next station to call me immediately afterwards was G4FBS.
>>
>> Once I finished the QSO with G4FBS, I was stunned to hear G3MIR  
>> call him on my frequency and send him a report.
>>
>> Is all fair in love, war and contesting these days or is this  
>> operating practice out of line?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Ray, G4FON
>>