Good analysis Fred. 73
Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 22/03/2013 8:43 AM, "Fred Jensen" <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > Actually, entire bands have been declared "contest-free" by general > agreement among hams, worldwide. 30, 17, and 12 meters have been > contest-free from their beginnings in 1979. 30 is a lot like 40, albeit > CW/RTTY/Digital-only for most of the world except Region 1 south of the > equator in places. 17 behaves a lot like 20, and 12 is a pleasant mixture > of 15 and 10, often open when 10 isn't these days. The Summits On The Air > crowd [QRP in the field] is slowly increasing usage on these WARC bands. > I'd venture a guess that if additional HF bands were ever to be > authorized, we make them contest-free too by agreement between all of us. > > When the 60 meter channels came along, they too are contest-free, and > there's no contesting in the allocations below 160, although ERP limits at > 137 KHz and likely around the Holy Frequency if that ever happens puts a > damper on contesting there anyway. :-) > > All of our allocations are shared, both in the frequency domain and in the > time domain, no one has claim to any frequency. Admittedly, there are > those who don't believe that, but if you got there first and it was empty, > you have the right to use the frequency. Intentional interference is > prohibited although you'd never know that in the 14230-14236 range. > > Even The Old Man was complaining about "Rotten QRM" well before anyone at > Elecraft was born. All in all, I think we share the bands pretty well. > Contests do have the distinct advantage of really populating bands that > otherwise would give regulators and those coveting yet more spectrum the > impression that our bands are unused. And yes, the ARRL Operating Manual > was separated from the Handbook when operating became more complex and with > more choices. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 > - www.cqp.org > > On 3/21/2013 1:21 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > >> >> It would be helpful to have a small section of the bands “off >>> limits” for contesting on the CW-data and SSB segments of each band >>> in areas that General/Tech class people or higher could use during >>> the “tests”. >>> >> >> You've got to be kidding - particularly on 80/40 meter CW and data. >> With the most recent "land grab" by phone there is less than 50 KHz >> for US data operations. On 40, the area between 7100 and 7150 is >> almost completely void of CW/RTTY contest activity even in CQWW - >> the most crowded of all contests. >> >> even if ARRL doesn’t care anymore. (They no longer put the “Operating >>> an Amateur Station” chapter in the “Handbook” anymore!) >>> >> >> That's because it has been expanded to an entire book: >> The ARRL Operating Manual (now in the 10th Edition) >> http://www.arrl.org/shop/ARRL-**Operating-Manual-10th-Edition/<http://www.arrl.org/shop/ARRL-Operating-Manual-10th-Edition/> >> >> > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
