Fw: [NLRS] northern lights radio society or contest society

Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:08:31 -0600

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Wilaby" <[email protected]>
To: "Mark Brown" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] northern lights radio society or contest society


   Hello all,
 I agree with Mark. We do need to use the SSB portion of the UHF, VHF bands.
 t is a proven fact
 that if we remain silent on our "bands" the spectrum could go up for grabs
 to the highest bidder. The FCC is seeing more and more pressure from
 commercial interests to fill up the vacant holes in the RF spectrum. If you
 think our bands are safe from ever being taken away from us you are saddly
 mistaken !!  As for contesting being an activity, yes it is, just like
field
 day. (Only a couple more times a year) Do you "contesters" think that this
 is enough "activity" to make our bands sound like they are being used when
a
 commercial interest listens in? Think about it.
    As far as SOME contesters attitudes and operating practices, well ,
 that's why I have hung up the mic durring contests. I will however try to
 make noise on the bands the other 361 days a year.
    I also wanted to note that alot of the respondents to this thread are
 only heard durring contests. You took the time to read the thread and
 respond to it ( myself included) It seems that you have time just about
 everyday to fire up the computer, why not fire up the dusty radio? you may
 be missing an opening or QSO with someone you havent heard in a long time.
 It's your loss, but it does'nt have to be !!!
          73s to all ,Jeff  KA0ZYD
 P.S. I want to say thanks for a good 2 hr round table on 2 meters last
 Saturday night to KB0PYO, KA0AWU and everyone else that jumped in.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Brown" <[email protected]>
> To: "Nlrs" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:28 PM
> Subject: [NLRS] northern lights radio society or contest society
>
>
> > After several hours of activity on 144.200 my guess is you all turn the
> > radios off unless it is a contest weekend. No activity = dead band and
we
> > lose it. I got tired of the hf contest make the QSO mentality no matter
> what
> > attitude and dropped out for a while, but to have no active stations on
a
> > Friday night is bad. Use it or lose it. And you wonder why I quit
> > contesting, you don't keep the bands active. No activity is going to
kill
> > it, I know everyone is busy with work, myself included but make some
> noise,
> > get on a Fri. or Sat night and rag chew, there is more to life than
> > contests.
> > Mark
> >
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