[UK-CONTEST] Warming Up

[Rob - G4LMW]

Great idea Danny

....and penalise anyone with sent serial 001 missing (or UBN)?

73, Rob
G4LMW
http://www.G4LMW.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Higgins" <danny.higgins at keme.co.uk>
To: "'Ray Hills'" <g3hrh at btinternet.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Warming Up


> Why not partially adopt the Sprint format in contests.  If you call CQ and
> give out Serial No 001 then you must relinquish the frequency to the 
> station
> who called you.  This will stop all frequency warming, which is 
> particularly
> bad in the 80m CC SSB contests where there is never enough room.
>
> Danny, G3XVR
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ray Hills
> Sent: 07 January 2010 16:08
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Warming Up
>
> Keith,
>
> Maybe whoever it was disagrees with the concept of "keeping a frequency
> warm".  It is not a practice that particularly appeals to me either as it
> rather smacks of "my frequency", something I deprecate.  I agree that
> unknowingly causing QRM by not checking the channel first is bad practice
> but maybe he (or she) didn't hear you??
>
> Ray G3HRH
>
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