The IARU Region 2 band plan states clearly:
Contests: Contest activity shall not take place on: 2200 m (136 kHz), 630 m
(472 kHz), 60 m (5.3 MHz), 30 m (10 MHz), 17 m (18 MHz) and 12 m (24 MHz).
Non-contesting radio amateurs are encouraged to also use the contest-free bands
during large international contests. Member societies are encouraged to publish
contest operating segments clearly in the rules of their contests and that
those segments are considered with due respect to the IARU band plans.
‘Nuff said!
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
> On Feb 6, 2020, at 5:35 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> All:
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> I find that very disappointing that folks would support contesting (of any
> kind) on a WARC band, as the WARC bands have always been "contest free
> zones". A refuge for non contesters.
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> I'm as active contester as anyone (maybe more than some!) and I would never
> dream to invade the space of those good folks who retreat to the WARC bands
> to get away from those "loud contesters", fellas.
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> Today it's the VT QSO Party, tomorrow Maine, next week the New England QSO
> Party, next month the Florida QSO party, after that, let's also allow
> RTTY.......then CW.........then SSB
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> Where does it end?
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> A friend sent me some solid info on the WARC bands as it relates to
> contesting:
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> ".The IARU Region 1 Bandplan explicitly states:
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> Contest activity shall not take place on the 5, 10, 18 and 24 MHz bands.
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> https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hf_r1_bandplan.pdf page 3
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> The IARU Region 2 Bandplan explicitly states:
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> Contest activity shall not take place on: 2200 m (136 kHz), 630 m (472 kHz),
> 60 m (5.3 MHz), 30 m (10 MHz), 17 m (18 MHz) and 12 m (24 MHz).
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> https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.193/o7i.02a.myftpupload.com/wp-conten
> t/uploads/2020/01/R2-Band-Plan-2016.pdf page 2
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> The IARU Region 3 Bandplan explicitly states:
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> Contest activity below 30 MHz should be restricted to the 160 m, 80 m, 40 m,
> 20 m, 15 m and 10 m bands.
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> https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.193/o7i.02a.myftpupload.com/wp-conten
> t/uploads/2020/01/R3-004-IARU-Region-3-Bandplan-rev.2.pdf page 4
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> There is no other organisation on the planet which organises contests of any
> kind on 30, 17 or 12 metres.
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> The issue has been discussed thoroughly within IARU member societies, and
> among IARU regional councils all over the world. They have come to a
> universal decision that contests should not be organised on these three
> bands. ."
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> Anyways...I am not looking for a fight, but I think we as contesters at
> large ought to respect 40+ years of contest free WARC bands and not upset
> the apple cart. You know something large can grow from a seed. A VT QSO
> party FTx mode is so tiny, yet the ramifications down the road could very
> well be large.
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike VE9AA
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