Well, here's something just a bit unreasonable...

[KJ3N]

Found this post in one of the ham radio FB groups:


Hi

Also would like to give a BIG reminder to everyone that worldwide JOTA event 48 hours this weekend for scout and possible FUTURE radioamateurs !

To reduce interference with the participants of JOTA, contest operation is not allowed in the following contest-free sections.
DARC Germany WAG committee have made a list (as pdf):
http://www.darc.de/upl…/media/WAG_-_contestfree_segments.pdf

80m: CW - 3560 - 3800 kHz, SSB – 3650 – 3700 kHz
40m: CW - 7040 - 7200 kHz, SSB – 7080 – 7140 kHz
20m: CW - 14060 - 14350 kHz, SSB – 14100 – 14125 kHz and 14280 – 14350 kHz
15m: SSB – 21350 – 21450 kHz
10m: SSB – 28225 – 28400 kHz

I hope scout station not need to fight for the frequencies and to hear ANY bad behavior!

73 from LA6JAM/LI6JAM Norwegian scout station!

73s the LB3RE "Rag" Stein-Roar Brobakken.
QRV as LA6JAM/LI6JAM

So basically, someone thinks they have the authority to tell the rest of the world not to contest on entire bands? Take a good look at the above list of frequencies. No contesting allowed on nearly all of 80m, 40m, and 20m? Really?

JARTS RTTY contest is also the same weekend. Does this person actually think the above is going to fly?

This is part of the reason a lot of contesters don't take certain segments of the ham community seriously. :roll:

Oh, and the PDF linked to is behind a username/password, so you can't even see where they came up with this.

[NQ6U]

That's wack. I'm not even a contester but I'm tempted to get on the air and call "CQ CONTEST!" on every one of those frequencies all weekend long.

[K7SGJ]

That's wack. I'm not even a contester but I'm tempted to get on the air and call "CQ CONTEST!" on every one of those frequencies all weekend long.

And I'll answer you on every one of them.

[kb2vxa]

Just another of the Kilohertz Kops I wouldn't have wasted electrons on posting about.

[kd6nig]

That might explain why a lot of contest people seem to stay between 14.225-14.280, though I didn't see it stated on the CQP a few weekends ago.

I'd have to look at my log but I think I worked a guy on 14.315 which was an interesting one because of the usual noise at .313. But they had guys up and down the whole SSB portion, for sure. The only thing they stayed away from was the maritime nets on 14.300, I didn't see anyone get within 10 of either side of that.

[KG4NEL]

Would wanted to have seen them try this the weekend after this one.

[W3WN]

Let's not over-react, gang.

It appears that the DARC has indicated that they don't want people operating in the 2014 Worked All Germany (WAG) contest to use these frequency segments... specifically to leave room for the JOTA stations.

That's not the same thing as a frequency kop ordering people out of a self-designated no-contest zone.

It's their contest. It's their rules. And this self-imposed limitation only affects active participants in the WAG. If you're in another contest, this won't apply to you. And if you're doing any other kind of operating, this won't apply to you.

So, what's the problem, again?

[wa6mhz]

14300 IS A PRIVATE RESERVED frequency for maritime mobile net. Just ask them!! And they have guard band of 20KCs around it!!!

[WØTKX]

Umm, naa. Go down frequency and it's OK.
USB and all that.
14.295, "the street corner" is left alone.

At least by the MM Net. :whistle:

[kd6nig]

14325 has been activated for the Hurricane Net I guess as well. Gustavo has gone Category 4.

[N7YA]

Contests are akin to a freeway at rush hour. You may usually have a nice open lane when you get off work at 10 pm, but good luck telling all the other drivers at 5:30 on monday that you should have a lane all to yourself when they are trying to jostle for position and get where they are going.

Not gown heppin.....

[K7SGJ]

Contests are akin to a freeway at rush hour. You may usually have a nice open lane when you get off work at 10 pm, but good luck telling all the other drivers at 5:30 on monday that you should have a lane all to yourself when they are trying to jostle for position and get where they are going.

Not gown heppin.....

The problem is, 75% of them have no idea where they are going, or how to get there.

It's like the snowbirds in their motor homes out here in the winter. They're out in morning and evening rush hour, doing 45 on the freeway, and Effing it up but good. I don't know why they can't wait until after 9am or 10am. After all, they are retired and don't have to be anywhere for Christ sake.

[KG4NEL]

It's like the snowbirds in their motor homes out here in the winter. They're out in morning and evening rush hour, doing 45 on the freeway, and Effing it up but good. I don't know why they can't wait until after 9am or 10am. After all, they are retired and don't have to be anywhere for Christ sake.

So, hams?

:mrgreen::evil:

[N7YA]

The problem is, 75% of them have no idea where they are going, or how to get there.

It's like the snowbirds in their motor homes out here in the winter. They're out in morning and evening rush hour, doing 45 on the freeway, and Effing it up but good. I don't know why they can't wait until after 9am or 10am. After all, they are retired and don't have to be anywhere for Christ sake.

I think major contests are like that, but a large number of those "drivers" are the douchey, mid-life-crisis guys with the powerful sportscars barrelling through and pushing the RV's off to the shoulder on the onramp.



....yes, im talking about Vegas again.

[W7XF]

We could retort and tell that JOTA activity is restricted to these frequencies:

75m: 3837-3842
40m: 7192-7197
20m: 14311-14315
10m: The scouts can only work KC4TVZ

:rofl: