Tend to agree with Tree.
Although I have never been at a station during a contest where split has
been required, I do not exclude the possibility that I sometimes will...
I would not have any ethical issue to split on 10 meter CW or SSB, if I
used small splits and choose a frequency high up in each part of the band
segments. There is also the possibility of separating calls by listening
few hundred Hz up or down on CW (as several has indicated).
What I am more hesitant about is dual CQ on two different frequencies on
the same band for multi op stations - especially on SSB. That consumes a
lot of space for just the desire for a few to optimize the rate. If this
behavior becomes a standard, small pistols will just have to practice S&P
during SSB contests at least.
Split operation on narrow and crowded phone bands is of course debatable as
well, but for short openings across the pole, even such might be motivated.
Use common sense and all will be ok in 99% of the cases....
73 de RM2D, Mats
2016-02-22 21:20 GMT+03:00 Tree <tree@kkn.net>:
> I disagree with the idea that operating split during a contest is
> Verboten.
>
> Working split is something that is done to react to a specific set of
> circumstances - and I don't see the difference between being in a contest
> or not.
>
> The set of circumstances is pretty intuitive. If you have a pileup and
> people you come back to are not hearing you because of the pileup. One of
> the things that helps enable this is propagation.
>
> I have used split during a contest exactly twice. You do need to be aware
> of the impact it can have on QRM - and in both cases - I took steps to
> mitigate it.
>
> One of these came while operating from UA0C during the Friendship Radio
> Games. I was essentially a special event station and the European pileup
> was having a hard time hearing me come back to them. This really wasn't
> what most people think of as a contest - but going split gave me an
> advantage that eventually resulted in a gold medal.
>
> The other time was at KL7RA on 10SSB during a CQ WW SSB contest - when we
> had a marginal opening to Europe and a MASSIVE pileup. I ended up on
> something like 29.200 MHz - and ended up going split because the Europeans
> could not hear me over those who had to call over and over. I actually
> ended up with two pileups - one up 5 and the other up 10.
>
> The whole point is to maximize the QSO potential of any situation. In a
> contest - you should do whatever you can to maximize your QSOs. (that is
> within the rules and regulations of a contest). I don't see where going
> split crosses any ethical boundaries - especially when done on part of the
> band that is not very crowded.
>
> Tree N6TR
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