[UK-CONTEST] CQWW 160 SSB

[mark.haynes at yahoo.co.uk]

When I am contesting from home running 100w to wires/vertical, it can be very difficult to find a frequency. This often results in moving up the band on CW and down on SSB to allow me to run.

The good spirit of ham radio operators should give and take respecting different peoples interests. My main enjoyment in ham radio is contesting, and if it were my way there would be a big one every weekend, but that would be quite selfish. I feel it is very unfair to contesters to not be given their time and bandwidth which, over a whole year is a more than fair period for the non contester.

Even during contests, not only is there often band space for the other modes, but also other bands.

To see the bands full of contest stations makes me very happy because it is so popular and for young people, a competitive side to our hobby is what will see it continue with strength.

73,
Mark M0DXR




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-----Original Message-----
From: cris at gm4fam.plus.com
Sender: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:48:07 
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CQWW 160 SSB

Peter.
As a keen DXer I have lost count of the number of times a major DXpedition
has been QRV but is impossible to hear (let alone work) on a needed band
because of contest QRM.  I gess I am not alone with these experiences.

So what do I do?
1) Carry on trying?
2) Wait for the finish of the contest in question? or
3) Complain on this Reflector?

Logic dictates that 1) is up to me, 2) is inevitable, but 3) would cause
even more unwanted, unnecessary and unjustified QRM ...


73 Cris
GM4FAM / GM1F




> Peter,
> Logic: non-contesters complain about contesting QRM only because there are
> SO MANY contesters! Many thousands cause 'QRM' to a few dozen rag-chewers.
> Why should that small minority expect QRM-free use of the bands?
>
>>All contesters should know that a majority of radio amateurs are not
>> contesters
>
> I would question that statement these days. However, the issue is not
> numbers of licensees but band-occupancy. Except for contests and
> DXpeditions our spectrum is under-utilised. Without them we could lose our
> frequency allocations.
>
>>contests appear to hog the bands almost every weekend
>
> No, that's a gross exaggeration, a false perception. Only on a few
> weekends each year are the bands filled with contesters, and that's mostly
> single-mode.
>
>>Our job is to placate them and make every effort to be reasonable.
>
> Absolutely! But maybe anti-contesters just knee-jerk in fury every time
> they hear a contester. Contesters are indeed reasonable: leaving WARC
> bands free of contests; mostly single-mode; often single-band. Are the
> anti-contesters being 'reasonable'? Live and let live, by all means - but
> why should 40,000 contesters in CQ contests (for example) give way to a
> handful of non-contesters? Maybe THEY should 'let live'! Better still,
> they could join in and enjoy the enormous benefits and fun of contesting!
>
> It could be argued that it is only contesting which keeps the hobby
> vibrant these days! Things change. Like it or not rag-chewing happens on
> the internet these days!
> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
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