[UK-CONTEST] AFS - operating out of band

[David G3YYD]

As I see it the lower in the band for AFS CW the more QSOs a run station 
makes. QED Run stations are going to avoid being high in the band. 
Because Run stations are low in the band due to S&P guys tuning in 
general from low to high then when the Run stations run out they will 
tune down the band or start again at the bottom of the band and tune up. 
QED at around 3575 Run stations are no more and very few S&P go above 
3580. Few tuning above 3580 means QRS run stations get few QSOs so where 
do they go? Below 3775 of course!

If some one called me going slow I turned the speed down to their speed 
- a common coutesy and a practical one as a repeat will take longer than 
sending at a slower rate. However they still have to copy my callsign at 
25+ WPM before they call me.

David G3YYD


On 17/01/2010 12:35, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> On 17 Jan 2010 at 9:45, Alex GM3ZBE wrote:
>
>    
>> The Iaru bandplan indicates the areas 3600 to 3650 and 3700 to 3750 as
>> "Contest preferred" segments, whatever that means.  Some people take
>> itas meaning that the segment from 3650 to 3700 should not be used for
>> contest qso's.
>>      
> Yes, "contest preferred" does not necessarily mean other frequencies
> cannot  be used as well...
>
> I suspect the AFS frequencies need to be reviewed. In the CW segment
> the rules say 3510-3590 with the QRS corral around 3580. But 3580 and
> above is heavily used by RTTY and other data modes and last weekend
> 3580 was not a sensible place for our slower operators - I heard very
> little above 3575.
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
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