[UK-CONTEST] Watts for Contests

[Richard Newstead]

"Amateur Radio contests must be one of the few 'sporting' activities 
where with the exception of HF NFD the equipment used is not subject to 
scrutineering and it appears that some entrants exploit this by running  
illegal power levels."

Sorry about (nearly) blank email. Hit wrong button doing cut and paste. 
Moderator please delete.

I was about to comment that amateur radio does not, as yet, have random 
drugs tests either - but contest aren't really a sport are they? I would 
be very surprised if any larger UK contest stations keep to the legal 
limit anyway - cue screams of denial. That being said, it does appear 
that very high power (5KW+) is becoming more common that it once was. A 
quick search on the internet showed several very high power stations in 
Europe.

73

Richard
G3CWI