At 6/25/2006 07:04 AM, Ron Hooper wrote:
>I would like to ask some questions to make sure I understand some things.
>
>1. What is the current suggested protocol for using the call frequencies in
>contest now and why does it not work?
The current suggested protocol is to use the calling frequency to establish
contact and then move off. This is sometimes difficult in a contest, because
sometimes an opening is fleeting and by the time you establish a new QRG and
QSY, the opening is gone. Other difficulties are that some stations do not QSY
and remain on the calling frequency, preventing others from hearing openings.
>2. What is the new proposed use of calling frequencies during a contest?
>Will all call frequencies become like 146.52 is now and only those not in
>the contest be allowed to use them?
There is NO NEW proposed use of the calling frequencies. The original question
that was posed, which has mutated several times, asked whether there was any
reason to change its current use.
>3. How will eliminating the use of call frequencies in the contest benefit
>the contester or does it?
I personally do not believe it will benefit anyone.
>4. Does the proposed rule change include 222, 902, 1296 and higher? I assume
>the rule change will apply to all VHF/UHF/Microwave/Sprint/CQ & ARRL
>contest.
There is NO PROPOSED RULE CHANGE.
>5. How can a new call frequency rule be enforced? Emample: Several FD
>operators are operating in the DX portion of six meters today without any
>penility to their score.
FD is not a contest. In FD, you get many operators who have very limited
experience operating and do not understand conventions and the gentlemen's
agreements on the bands. You will hear SSB in CW portions of HF bands as well.
At a FD I stopped by to operate at for a few hours yesterday, I had to remind
the 6M operator that calling CQ on 50.110 would not be that productive. His
response was that he thought he heard someone. Granted during a good opening
from here in the northeast, you will work the Caribbean and Central America.
You might even work Europe if you are lucky. But FD is a domestic operating
event and focus should be on stateside contacts.
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