Stewart GW0ETF wrote: I too operated SOSB20 as GW6W last weekend and concur with your observations including being slightly uneasy at times at being able to slot in so close to neighbouring signals - didn't suffer any 'band rage' though so presumably they would be using something decent too.
--------------------------------- I'm not an avid contester, nor am I "anti-contesting". I think it's also important to realize that while there still must be rules of decent behavior, the rules are somewhat different when engaging in a specific competition than they are at other times. It's unreasonable to expect everyone to exercise the same degree of care and concern to avoid QRMing someone else in the heat of competition as one finds at other times. In normal operation you'd QRL? and then QSY if someone replied, even though they may be a kHz away using a receiver much wider than yours. That's the rule, but it's not always practical in heavy competition. That's what makes trying to operate on a band where a popular contest is in progress pretty useless for others not in the contest. (It brings to mind an image of someone trying to have a quiet picnic lunch on the grass in the middle of a football field during a game :-) I believe that's the reason the WARC bands come "alive" on contest weekends as many of us scramble to find some quiet kilohertz. Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
