[PaQSO] Bands

[Bill Gallagher]

I know that it's sarcasm...but for those who consider
echolink 'real' radio, it would be the equivalent of a
repater contact.

:)

Bill WA3RA


BTW....In earlier days, when we checked with the rules
people, we were specifically told that there were NO
LIMITS on the bands used, other than  NO WARC bands.

Overr the years, I have made many contacts on bands as
high as 1296 (yes, there are 1296 HTs out there!)

One year, we had a 1296 FM contact at 1 watt between
CAR and ADA (not sure if it was counted!)




--- WS3PC <WS3PC at DIRECWAY.COM> wrote:

> WHAT ABOUT ECHOLINK?
> 
> --... ...--
> WAYNE,
> WS3PC
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kay Craigie" <n3kn at comcast.net>
> To: "PA QSO Party" <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 20 October, 2005 10:43
> Subject: RE: [PaQSO] Bands
> 
> 
> I realize that the more you specify, the more you
> *have* to specify, and
> that road leads to madness. This is why the big DX
> contests end up having
> rules so complicated they'd make a lawyer weep.
> Every little crack gets
> patched so some wise-guy doesn't use it to take
> undue advantage. We sure
> don't want the QSO Party to end up in that fix.
> 
> However, I encourage the PAQP sponsors to make it
> clear to everyone --
> old-timers and newbies alike -- which bands are okay
> to use in the contest.
> 
> This can be done either by listing the bands which
> *are* allowed ("Contacts
> are valid only on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and 2
> meters, but no repeater
> contacts on any band are allowed.") or which bands
> *are not* allowed
> ("Contacts are not valid on 12m, 17m, 30m, any band
> above 2 meters, and on
> repeaters on any band.")
> 
> I prefer the former approach, myself. I think it
> raises fewer questions in
> the long run and lends itself well to public
> announcements in the magazines
> and web sites.
> 
> The problem with leaving important things to what
> "everybody knows" --
> assumptions, implications, etc. -- is that everybody
> *doesn't* know. I'll
> stand up and admit I did not know that 220 and 440
> were officially
> off-limits, and I've been playing in this contest
> since 1986.
> 
> While I don't agree with ruling out the bands above
> 2 meters, I'm not in
> charge and don't want to be! All I ask is that
> whatever the rule is, please
> state it so that everybody knows for a fact where
> the boundaries of the
> playing field lie. 73 - Kay N3KN
> 
> 
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