[UK-CONTEST] cqwwwpx

[Dez Watson]

I drew the short straw this weekend and ended up working 12 
hr shifts at Baldock (Ofcom's monitoring station)
so WPX this year has been a non-event, as far as an entry is 
concerned.

I had a good opportunity to monitor C4N for quite a while 
though, so the weekend was far from wasted!

C4N was/were definitely not transmitting more than one 
signal on the same band at any one time. They were
interleaving/alternating between two frequencies, more than 
likely on different arrays. Perhaps 14005 on Europe and
14065 on Japan. C4N was often much stronger on one of the 
frequencies.

As there was only one transmitted signal at any time I 
believe C4N was operating within the contest rules.

Whether it was within the spirit of the contest or not, that 
is for others to decide.

I also have no connection with C4N; I personally think 
contesting is about over-coming technical challenges, 
raising the bar,
getting the most out of your station whilst playing by the 
rules. I firmly believe they were within the rules and it 
would be wrong
to penalize them, although I am not a lawyer.

73

Dez