You are right Ron... as I mentioned in my post, the beam will load up
with my tuner. It just has lousy performance is all :)
I read about the "understanding" someplace on-line, where there was
a discussion underway about band plans. Can't recall the url right
this minute.
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 20 m users' net
> I've never heard of any "understanding" or "gentleman's agreement" banning
> nets from the WARC bands, and I have heard some small nets from time to
> time.
>
> Whatever...
>
> In any case, take another crack at one of your antennas with a tuner, you
> might be surprised. For example, I've found that my AR99 10 meter
vertical
> will play on 12, 15 and 17 with not much persuasion from my tuner.
Outside
> of the ineveitable & occasional DX pileups, the WARC bands are very
pleasant
> places to operate.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> 'If tin whistles are made of tin, what's do they make fog horns out of?'
> -- from "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?"
> Lonnie Donegan, SK, 4 November 2002
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gary Hoffman <ghoffman@spacetech.com>
> To: Ron Notarius WN3VAW <wn3vaw@fyi.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 20 m users' net
>
>
> I'm quite sure that they are not banned in any legal sense of the word.
> On the other hand, I think there is an "understanding" among hams that
> nets don't operate there. Its open for question either way.
>
> Anyhow, since my beam doesn't support the warc bands... yes, I can load
> into it there with a tuner, but it has no elements for them... I would
> prefer
> to operate on 20m. I agree with the earlier post that mentioned that
there
> is space up at the high end of the band that is less heavily used.
>
> Hope something can be worked out. I cannot volunteer at this time to be
> a net control station but I may be able to later in the winter.
>
> 73 de Gary, AA2IZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 20 m users' net
>
>
> > I've never heard before of a ban by anyone of nets on 17 meters (or 12
or
> 30
> > for that matter).
> >
> > The only "ban" is that due to the various limitations of the three WARC
> > bands (small size, power limits on some frequencies and in some areas,
and
> > some not available in some parts of the world to name 3), none of the
> major
> > contests and as far as I know none of the smaller contests permit
contest
> > operating on these bands.
> >
> > And that's a choice (and a good one, I think) by the various contest
> > sponsors, it's not mandated by official regulations.
> >
> > 73, ron wn3vaw
> > "Be who you are, say what you think, people that matter don't care, and
> > people that care don't matter." -- Dr. Seuss
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rob Atkinson, K5UJ <k5uj@hotmail.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:37 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] 20 m users' net
> >
> >
> > It's my understanding that nets aren't allowed on 17. By "not allowed"
I
> > mean one of those considerate operator's band plan type agreements like
no
> > contests on warc. However, my source for this was a bunch of guys in a
> net
> > I check into who were complaining about 20 m. qrm. I suggested 17m as
an
> > alternative and was told "no nets on 17." Don't know where this came
from
> > if true...ARRL?
> >
> > Rob Atkinson
> > K5UJ
> > k5uj@hotmail.com
> >
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