[UK-CONTEST] Warming Up

[Ken Chandler]

Danny et al
Interesting thread, but you would not find me on air using that  
format. It's bad enough trying to keep your frequency from being  
nicked, let alone giving it up after a qso.
Each to his own, but sprints are not my cuppa tea!

Ken..G0ORH

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On 7 Jan 2010, at 19:00, "Danny Higgins" <danny.higgins at keme.co.uk>  
wrote:

> 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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