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Re: [CQ-Contest] 7040 as lower limit

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 7040 as lower limit
From: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:47:35 -0500
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Hi all,
Seems to me that quoting the IARU bandplan doesn't answer Doug's question,
which was about which countries specify 7040 as a lower limit in law.

The WPX rule says "strongly encouraged", but does not say "mandatory". And
even those organizations who cleave to band plans say the plan goes out the
window as soon as the amount of activity makes observance of the band plan
impossible.

With the amount of activity in many contests, mandatory observance of the
band plan would mean that only the strongest, largest, loudest stations ever
get to call CQ. If that becomes the case, stop the bus and let me off.
Contesting can be elitist enough as it is.

73,Kelly
Ve4xt

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Lothar Wilke
Sent: June-06-09 1:02 AM
To: kr2q@optimum.net; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 7040 as lower limit

Hi Doug,
this is the actuell IARU Region 1 bandplan:


      7000 - 7025
     200
     CW
     CW contest preferred

      7025 - 7040
     200
     CW
     7030 kHz - CW, QRP Centre of Activity

      7040 - 7047
     500
     Narrow band modes
     Digimodes

      7047 - 7050
     500
     Narrow band modes
     Digimodes, automatically controlled data stations (unattended)

      7050 - 7053
     2700
     All modes
     Digimodes, automatically controlled data stations (unattended)

      7053 - 7060
     2700
     All modes
     Digimodes

      7060 -7100
     2700
     All modes
     SSB contest preferred7070 kHz - Digital Voice Centre of Activity7090
kHz - SSB QRP Centre of Activity

      7100 - 7130
     2700
     All modes
     7110 kHz - Region 1 Emergency Centre

      7130 - 7200
     2700
     All modes
     SSB contest preferred7165 kHz - Image Centre of Activity

      7175 - 7200
     2700
     All modes
     Priority for intercontinental Activity



and WPX 2009 rules:
III. Bands: The 1.8, 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 MHz bands may be used. No WARC
bands allowed. Observance of established band plans is strongly encouraged.

May be in WW 2009 rules too?

73  Lothar, Dl3TD


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> Betreff: [CQ-Contest] 7040 as lower limit
>
>
> Sounds reasonable to me.
>
> So which EU countries have definitively documented that the lower
> limit on 40m is 7040?
>
> de Doug
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