Sorry you feel that way Garrett. But it's been that way the 37 years that I have been a ham. Since many do get on just to work the contest how about putting those that are not contesting in that 100kc ?
The needs of the many outweight the needs of the few ! At 05:13 PM 11/20/2007, you 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