Garrett, I have always wondered why the FCC allows this to happen. It seems to me that they are violating the rules.
I have a similar question about Pactor 3. Can someone explain why it is allowed? My impression is that it is wider than 500 Hz and isn't that the maximum bandwidth? Howard K5HB --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, AA0OI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi John: > The problem is that during a contest ,, contesters have all the channels, and it doesn't matter if you do find a clear spot,, contestester will move in within in a kc and take out ANY other communications that are going on.. whether it be ssb qso, digital sstv, sstv.. If the idea is to weed out the week,, take and put all the contester in 100kc together and let the screaming begin,, but nooooo lets spread them out over the entire band and make it miserable for everyone who isn't contesting.. > ( sorry about the high horse, but when contest are on,, it just ruins my daysssss) > > Garrett / AA0OI > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "John Becker, WØJAB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 7:19:59 PM > Subject: Re: [digitalradio] I Apologize > > Long long time ago (1969) a friend (now SK) who help me > become a ham told me that contest weed out the weak. > > I for one love contest. Be it SSB CW or RTTY. > > It's a bit like what they say about TV. If you don't like what you > are watching change the channel. Same holds true ham radio. > All 6 of my HF rigs has a OFF switch. > > John, W0JAB > > At 06:45 PM 11/19/2007, you wrote: > >not if there is a "CQ contester" every 1kz running 1500 watts (or more) screaming CQ CONTEST every 10 seconds. You can't pick a secondary freq, if there are none empty. > >And its getting so someone has a contest everyother week end. Thank God for week days..!! > > > >Garrett / AA0OI15c19b3e. jpg > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ >
