[UK-CONTEST] CQWW 160 SSB

[Dave Sergeant]

On 26 Feb 2011 at 17:39, Andrew wrote:

> Exactly which clause in the UK licence terms and conditions were this
> group not complying with?  Contrary to popular belief, bandplans are
> _NOT_ a part of the licensing conditions and have no legal standing
> (unlike here in the US for bands above 160m).  When I look at the terms
> of my UK licence, it is perfectly legal for anyone in the UK to operate
> SSB on 1815kHz.  Does your licence say something different?
> 
> When a band is packed during a major contest, perfectly legal things
> like this _will_ happen.  Some might even consider it good practice to
> operate in a less crowded part of the band!
> 

Everything you say is true. However this ignores that amateur radio is 
not just about contests and there are loads of other activities going 
on. The inevitable problem with contests is that they take over the 
whole band for themselves and for anybody else it is tough luck. The 
same thing is happening at the moment on the other bands with the UBA 
contest - which I thought might be interesting but it is dominated by 
the eastern Eu stations (not even that many ON stations around...).

Being a CW only operator this is one weekend when I don't even bother 
to listen on Top Band.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com