Well Jeff,
This situation comes up every time a major DXpedition coincides with
contests. Which is almost inevitable, these days.
One or more of four things is going to happen:
The K1N guys will move to a less crowded section of the band for CW. If
there is one, for the duration of the weekend.
The K1N guys will abandon, more or less, CW on the non-WARC bands for the
duration.
The K1N guys will point their directional antennas, where/if applicable, to
parts of the world that are less active in the contest, for the duration.
The K1N guys will beef up their presence on the CW segments of the WARC
bands for the duration.
And there's one other option:
The K1N guys will operate during the contest period just as they had planned
to do the rest of the time that they're there.
No matter what they do or don't do, someone is going to squawk.
FWIW, I say let's not worry about it. If they're running CW in the midst of
the contest, then those operating the contest will simply have to adjust to
a crowded band. After all, that is what we (politely, of course) tell the
non-contesters to do, right? So with all due respect, maybe we should
collectively follow our own advice.
73, ron w3wn
On 02/02/15, Jeff Clarke<ku8e@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I'm hoping the K1N CW pileups die down some before next weekend.�� Last
night there were stations calling them all the way up to 7050.
There are two CW contests next weekend - The FOC Marathon and the NCJ CW
Sprint that both have a lot of activity. There is also a RTTY contest which
I remember from past Sprints that has quite a bit of activity. Also the MN
QSO Party is going on. Space is going to be at a premium, especially on 40
CW.
Hopefully the K1N organizers much know this because K4UEE is a long time FOC
member. I hope they can move further down the band on CW or maybe
concentrate on SSB when those events are taking place.
Jeff KU8E
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
[1]CQ-Contest@contesting.com
[2]http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
References
1. mailto:CQ-Contest@contesting.com
2. http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|