[UK-CONTEST] Reserving a Channel

[Callum McC]

 >>> At the  start, frequency 'fights' would break out all over the band

I might start taking part again, particularly if my clock was fast by  
30 seconds.



Callum McCormick
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On 24 Jan 2011, at 09:41, "g3ory at lineone.net" <g3ory at lineone.net> wrote:

> Hi Ray,
>
> I think it is easy to overlook one of the advantages of the status
> quo. With no rule preventing a competitor from 'warming up' a  
> frequecy,
> it does allow the band to be populated in a very orderly manner prior
> to the start of the contest. At the start of the contest the 'runners'
> are all lined up ready to be worked and the S&P guys can just tune  
> from
> one to the next picking them off as fast as they can.  The band is
> likely to be occupied in an efficient way with stations on adjacent
> channels and very little overlap (with resultant QRM).
>
>
>
> Imagine a rule where operating prior to the start is banned (or as  
> also
> proposed recently, there is a mandatory QSY at the start). At the
> start, frequency 'fights' would break out all over the band and just
> get in the way of the weaker stations making lots of QSOs.
>
>
>
> I am not convinced that the grass the other side is the least bit
> greener on this one.
>
>
>
> 73 Bob
>
> G3ORY
>
>
>
>> ----Original Message----
>
>> From: g3hrh at btinternet.com
>
>> Date: 23/01/2011 19:18
>
>> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>
>> Subj: [UK-CONTEST] Reserving a Channel
>
>>
>
>> Slightly off the "time" topic but one of the things that I think  
>> would
> level
>
>> the playing field would be not to allow stations to come on sooner
> than,
>
>> say, 5 minutes before start time.  With SDR monitoring now in place
> it
>
>> should be possible to pick out at least the worst offenders   
>> Certainly
> the
>
>> SP series is much nicer to work because it solves that problem.  Tin
> hat on
>
>> and waiting...........
>
>>
>
>> Ray G3HRH
>
>>
>
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