[NLRS] use of 144.200 in contests

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

And make noise while you are listening and tuning. We can't detect you 
from your receiver emissions these days.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 1/18/2014 12:02 AM, Paul Husby wrote:
>
>
> There was a lot of mumbling - and grumbling - during and after the
> September contest about a station using 144.200 to call CQ endlessly.
> Good etiquette - and good contesting practice - is to occasionally use
> .200 for a SHORT CQ when the band is slow, and announce a frequency 5 to
> 25KHz up or down where you will take calls - and where you are doing
> your main CQing.
>
> If you are looking south and east of MSP, you're not going to find what
> you want on .200; you need to get 20KHz away. And if you are looking
> west and north, you are only cultivating bad practice by making people
> think they can find stuff by just leaving the radio on .200 all weekend.
>
> And yes, this applies to CW also! Don't hog the frequency, and please
> encourage others to do likewise.
>
> 73
> Paul W0UC
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