[UK-CONTEST] 50MHz UKAC and the new bandplan

[Rob Harrison]

Hi,

The section 50.130 to 50.200 says International preferred. International
could be G-GM or EI-GI.

At the present time conditions are such that it would be sensible to use
200-300.
However during the ES season it's a different matter,
unless of course CC don't want you to work anyone outside the UK in UKAC.

However if calling CQ how do you know who's going to call you. You could be
called by someone outside the UK in the 200-300 section, or called by
someone from the UK inside the 130-200 section when looking for others
outside.
Would you then ask them to QSY to the "appropriate" part of the band to make
the QSO? Or you could be tuning and find a local in the "international
preferred" part of the band.
Do you work him/her, or ask them to QSY? All getting a bit silly.

Preferred is another of these wishy-washy terms, preferred by who? Those
that thought up the plan, those who prefer to do what is preferred, or those
that prefer to not bother to stick to the plan.

It makes sense to seperate "local QSO's" from "International QSO's" , but
I'd have thought if you wanted to chat during an opening, you'd move to a
frequency out of the main area of the action.

Useless specifically mentioned that you can only use 200-300 in UKAC, then
other frequecies are fine, as they are only preferred.

Perhaps clarification is needed from CC in regard UKAC specifically.

73 Bob G8HGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Hugill" <tim04 at swandhams.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:07 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 50MHz UKAC and the new bandplan


>I might as well start this one ....
> Last night was the UKAC 50MHz contest, and we had a lot of fun at G4TSW in
> Devon, working 60+ QSOs, and mostly operating on 50.137 or thereabouts.
> We were aware of the new 50MHz bandplan which took effect on 1st January,
> but after some debate at the club, we didn't think that it would effect
> normal contest procedures.
> So we are rather concerned to find that some are saying that contest
> activity should be conducted above 50.200.
> No-one that called us during the event mentioned this at the time, but
> there
> a lot of "regulars" missing from our log, who may have not ventured below
> 50.200.
> Have we missed an RSGBCC rule, or a general announcement, or
> mis-interpreted
> the bandplan ?
> But regardless of whether we get DQ'd or not, it was good fun, and
> certainly
> blew the cobwebs out of the equipment.
>
> 73
> Tim G4FJK
> at the Tiverton club G4TSW
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