[UK-CONTEST] ON4KST

[Bob Henderson]

Contest contacts are already minimally demanding upon the need for
communication within the contest RF spectrum.   Moves to make them even less
so, are considered unwelcome by many.

I am one such.

That said, I have always felt entirely relaxed with those who argue
exceptional arrangements should govern contesting on near-light bands.  Just
above 70cm always struck me as an equitable place to draw a line.

Bob, 5B4AGN




2009/5/19 Ray James <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>

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> --- On Tue, 19/5/09, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:
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> > Great for experimenting certainly, but surely this is a contesting forum?
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> Policing are we?
> As you've obviously forgotten, this particular thread was generated on
> discussion of the fact that John, MM0CCC/P, a member of the CC, mentioned
> that his activity in the May Contest from the Island of Tiree would be a
> check log as he would need to use ON4KST to make his presence known if he
> was able to get a mobile telephone signal. As it happened, he couldn't get
> one.
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> > > No wonder it's an award winner.
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> > Does that somehow validate its use by contesters?
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> Yes Paul, it does.
> It is now part and parcel of VHF+ contesting throughout Europe since the
> technology appeared. We can't go backwards but just like HF contesting once
> the cluster appeared, we should be given the section choice of going
> assisted or not.
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> 73 Ray GM4CXM
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