[Elecraft] New Contest Transceiver

[Bob Nielsen]

If you are not participating in a contest, it is often a good time to  
get on the WARC bands.

73, Bob N7XY

On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Gary D Krause wrote:

> This is a subject that pops up from time to time.  You do have a  
> point.  I usually end up going to 30 or 17 meters to avoid the  
> contests.  The best times that I have to operate are the weekends  
> and it is irritating to jump on and find the band filled with call  
> signs and 59 or 599 reports.  I have nothing against contesting  
> but, I do think there are too many of them.  I saw a recent ARRL  
> poll that indicated that only about 20% of the ham population  
> contest, if I remember correctly.  However, they sure seem to take  
> up more than 20% of the bands and time, in my opinion.  I also  
> enjoy QRP but, it seems you can forget about the QRP calling  
> frequencies during a contest or any frequency for that matter.   
> Either they occupy those frequencies, which they are entitled to  
> do, or they just step right on top of you because, they can't hear  
> you.  My K2 helps with that a little.  It it weren't for the MOJO,  
> I probably wouldn't be able to operate at all during those times. :-)
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