"is it you worry there will be some rule change in the future to allow WARC band contesting?" Yes, contesting is a plague
73 LA5VNA Steinar Sholto Fisher skrev: > Hi Guys, > > What is the actual objection? is it you worry there will be some rule > change in the future to allow WARC band contesting? You know there are > other groups who promote the use of 30m for events too (and have done so > for some time) including the FISTS club "WARC Band Challenge" - they > even use a scoring system for it. > > What about RTTY or CW DX on 30m? there are many times that DX appears > and the whole band is concentrated on working them regardless of the > other users. This may not be a "contest" but it sure sounds like one. > > I don't think a digimode QRP Weekend is going to cause any problems to > anybody as long as we avoid the QRSS segment which is the normal rule > anyway. Realistically we will only be using frequencies from say 10.137 > to 10.142, 5KHz (less the QRSS segment) in total. This is surely not a > problem for anyone. > > As long as there is no required exchange, scoring system, goal of > working as many people as possible I really don't see how you can call > it a contest. If anything it will be a very interesting scientific study > of which digimodes work at these levels and which don't. How can that be > a bad thing? > > 73, Sholto > KE7HPV. > > > > Steinar Aanesland wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have the same bad feeling David >> >> 73 de LA5VNA Steinar >> >> >> >> >> >> David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD skrev: >> >>> 30 Meter QRP Weekend April 19th & 20th >>> >>> 10.140 +/- 1000 PSK >>> (10.135 – 10.145 – HELL,OLIVIA,RTTY,Etc) >>> >>> >>> for all intents and purposes, this non-contest is still a contest. >>> there is a sponsor, and bragging rights are earned by the contesters >>> in the organization. >>> >>> it may be legal, but still in poor taste. >>> >>> david/wd4kpd >>> >>> "bring it on" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at >>> http://www.obriensweb.com/sked >>> >>> Check our other Yahoo Groups.... >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at >> http://www.obriensweb.com/sked >> >> Check our other Yahoo Groups.... >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at > http://www.obriensweb.com/sked > > Check our other Yahoo Groups.... > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Check our other Yahoo Groups.... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
