[NLRS] Question on use of 144.200

[Rusty Lane]

I agree with Earl, we don't need more rules just
encourage better operating practice's.
The contests are so few and far between in comparison
to the whole year!
I heard someone on 50.120 calling CQ Contest this June
and someone broke in and made a rude comment. There
will always be LIDS no matter what you do.
Cheers, Russ

--- "S.  Earl Jarosh" <earl at jarosh.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> What bothers me here is; What is the purpose?  It
> seems that the whole
> premise is pointless.  This proposal would not
> spread people throughout the
> band.  If the idea is to eliminate congestion on
> 144.200, then it will just
> transfer to somewhere else like 144.175 and that
> will become the new
> "contest calling frequency".  Again I say change
> must not be done just for
> change sake,  there must be a purpose behind a
> change not a change in search
> of a purpose.  Leave well enough alone.  This has
> worked well for years.
> Don't look for ways to penalize users working a
> contest rather look for
> other ways to promote more involvement in contests,
> band use, etc.  Create
> bonus points per contact to get people on the road,
> to go portable in a
> field, work solar or battery.  If there is a problem
> with the calling
> frequency maybe the national calling frequency
> should be moved to say
> 144.300 and then there is no problem.  144.200 stays
> as it is and if there
> are those that are bothered by the contesting or
> grid hunting then they have
> a new calling frequency that they can monitor 24 hrs
> a day that has no
> traffic. 
> 
> That's all I have to say about that.
> 
> 
> S. Earl Jarosh
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of W0ZQ at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 1:10 PM
> To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [NLRS] Question on use of 144.200
> 
> 
> 
> Hello NLRS land.   
>  
> Our ARRL VUAC (Vhf Uhf Advisory Committee) is now up
> and  operational.   
> Lauren Libby, W0LD, our VUAC chairperson has
> launched  us on our first
> official 
> assignment.   The question is this - Is there  a
> rationale to change the
> VHF/UHF 
> contest rules to not allow the  use of 144.200
> during ARRL contests ?    If 
> not a rule change,  what about other action such as
> a FAQ page on using the
> calling frequency or a  page on best practices for
> contest operations ?
>  
> If you have some thoughts on this subject, you can
> reply direct to me, or
> to 
> the NLRS reflector (discussion is good).   Please
> feel free to
> share/forward 
> this with others.
>  
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
> Dakota VUAC
>  
>  
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Rusty Lane
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