Let me cleanup a few things here. For some unknown reason there seems to be
a need to exaggerate a point without any facts other than a vivid
imagination. I was very active contesting during the last 2 sunspot
maximums. The activity nearly stopped at 28.6 and there was virtually none
above 28.7. (I had mono-banders then and somewhere a certificate). You are
right about CW being somewhat useable on the bottom end of 40 but at one
point there were 7 SSB stations taking up 2.5 khz each. That really
discourages any activity on CW regardless of how many filters you have in
your radio.(I have a fully loaded MKV)
Contest rules need not and in many cases are not based on any legal
precedent. Contest rules are whatever/however a contest organizer wants his
contest to be. If the CQ contest committee wanted to make a rule no contest
operation below 7030 and above 7250 then it is perfectly OK. It is their
contest and if you want to enter their contest then you participate by their
rules. Obviously the CQ Contest committee would rather give contesting a
black-eye, which it has succeeded in doing, than make a rule that might
offend a big-gun contester.
Here is an example of a rule from the California QSO Party: ""Note that
California stations working other California stations must log the complete
exchange, including county even though they all count as the "CA"
multiplier. Entries with incomplete or improperly logged QSOs will be
subject to penalties or disqualification."" Even though there is no point
value or any meaningful reason for the rule it is a rule and if violated you
will be DQ'ed.
For the guys who have said this comes up every, year after year, you are
right it does. Because no action has ever been taken we have now reached the
point where contesting has taken over the entire 40 meter band without
regard to anyone or anything not participating in the contest. We have now
become the giant elephant in the room and we, as contesters, stink as bad as
the giant elephant.
73
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: kr2q@optonline.net
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 23:30
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SSB in CW band
HI all:A couple thoughts....1. As has already been stated (but worth
repeating), "band plans," which are not formalized as law, have no bearing
on DQ. "Law" may be either the law of a country or of a contest sponsor.2.
If the extra "room" were not needed, it would not be used. A good example is
10m during thesun spot maximum. Right now (the bottom), it would make Ø
sense for someone in the CQWW DXcontest to call CQ during the contest on
28.750. They would likely get no answers. But during thepeak, that spot
would be jammed with stations (wall to wall on ten). So the analogous
application to40 is that if EU were calling CQ on 7015 and it "wasn't
working," then they would not continue to sitthere. As for some "big" USA
types CQing and QSX on 7001, same thing. If nobody (DX) callsthem, they
would not continue to listen there. It is a supply and demand type
function.3. I really don't understand how SSB signals in the "cw" portion of
the band prevents cwqso's. Since I am mostly just listening this contest (my
antennas are still strewn all over on the ground,save one), I had an
opportunity to not only view the LIVE scoreboards, but to read the
contestreflector and be motivated to reply here. So...I see the annual
comments about this and I wanted totest it for myself. I went to CW on 40
and operated CW. No sweat. Why? Cuz (a) I used narrowfilters (the SSB
essentially "goes away") and (b) I listen to cw on the opposite sideband
(USB). Can Istill hear SSB guys? Yes, but I can still hear very weak cw guys
also...with ease. Now I'll be the firstto admit that I am not in zone 14
where the issue is likely "worse." Is it really "that bad" that cw
qso'scannot take place at all in the bottom 25 khz?4. I also have to wonder
about the time of day. I suspect (and others outside USA can fill me in),
thatthe bottom of 40m is not covered with SSB for the entire contest. I
suspect that occurs mostly during the times of day when DX propagation is
best. That is usually when most casual guys are asleep.Now I know that there
is lots to be had during the day on 40 in Europe, since everything is "so
close,"so I would appreciate some comments from the active EU
contesters....is the bottom filled with ssbthroughout all 48 hours? But
unless the entrant is M/M or Multi 2, I gotta believe that daylight hours
are, in the majority, best spent elsewhere for single ops (IE, not on 40).de
Doug KR2QPS..usual disclaimer: These are my own comments and do not
necessarily represent the opinion of anygroup with which I may be
associated.
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