[SOC] Tooo Many Contest

[Sandy]

I think "contests" should be restricted to a portion of each band for 
"non contest" activity.  There are far too many long contests that are 
"minor" contests but jam the entire band during the weekends.  Why not 
restrict them to no more than half the General/Advanced/Extra segments?


This could be monitored by ARRL "OO" appointees to send citations to the 
"Offenders" and forward them to the organization who does the scoring 
and disqualify the contestants who operate where they shouldn't.


Does anyone else have an idea?  I'm not trying to "kill" the operation 
of the contesters, but is it fair for them to dominate the bands every 
weekend with a lot of QRM that non-contesters are getting less and less 
places to go except for the "WARC" bands?

The FCC seems to be unable to control "QRMers" now so this will have to 
be something that is generated by volunteers to help control the 
"madhouse" for non- contesters in general.

Most of the QRP organizations use suggest a small segment for their 
activities.  This would be another way around the problem, but QRP 
contests usually are shorter than the ones that last the entire 
weekend.  The "rag chewers" need some relief.

Sandy W5TVW


On 6/1/2016 6:25 AM, George Cooley wrote:
> Or we can just let the bands go dormant with little or no activity and
> repeat the 11 Meter scenario.
>
> It is not impossible to hold a sked during a contest, although it takes a
> bit more skill and persistance.
>
> Perhaps the SOC can join in on the fun and create the SlowTest.  Recent
> articles suggest that high speed CW discourages participation of new hams
> as well as old timers with rusty CW.  A SOC sponsored SlowTest with speeds
> not to exceed 10-15 WPM would certainly bridge the percieved gap and
> barrier to entry.  Of course anyone that does not want to participate can
> still use the WARC bands or just elbow in on the regular bands.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts Art.  Now let the dogs bark :)
>
> 73,
>
> George NG7A
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:04 AM, Art - W6KY via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
>> There are way too many MAJOR contest that take
>> up the bands during the year.
>>
>> ARRL DX CW  and  ARRL DX SSB
>> CQWW CW  and  CQWW SSB
>> CQWW WPX CW and CQWW WPX SSB
>> ARRL Field Day
>>
>> That's 7 weekends out of 52 that are shot
>> by these contesters who disregard our
>> government given rights to the frequencies.
>>
>> Something should be done. Non-contest
>> bands. Hmmm,  we could call them WARC.
>>
>> 73, Art  W6KY
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