[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

[David Gilbert]

It seems to me that hams are voting on that topic through their 
activity.  The bands are pretty dead, relatively speaking, when there is 
not a DXpedition or contest running.  I'd love to see an SDR-type 
application that records the total spectrum usage over the course of a 
year and correlates that to contest activity, but I'll bet the 
difference is astounding.

As others have stated, there is ... or should be ... room in our hobby 
for all operating preferences, but if you want to drag the public 
benefit into the picture I'd offer the opinion that crisp operating 
practices learned in contesting beat casual roundtable chats with 
friends hands down.

Dave   AB7E



On 2/20/2012 12:25 AM, John Ragle wrote:
> Prompted by some of the comments about contests and complaints under
> this topic, I second this sentiment with a vengeance. As I have written
> to the reflector before, I think these do not go very far toward
> justifying the spectrum space that we have been given by the public, and
> they mean that I simply have to shut down my HF operations when there is
> a big contest weekend. (Fortunately, the VHF/UHF contests are more
> neighborly.)
>
> John Ragle -- W1ZI
>
> /=====/
>
> On 2/20/2012 1:34 AM, n5ge at n5ge.com wrote:
>> As far as contests are concerned, I believe they are out of control, but that's
>> MY opinion...
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