Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
yeah,, but why not include ALL the bands including the WARC bands and spread things out the way i described above ? For example,

Contest 1 -> Digital modes on the WARC bands
Contest 2 -> Phone on 75 and 40.
Contest 2 -> QRP CW on 80 and 160
Contest 4 -> Phone on 10, 15
Contest 5 -> AM or SSB on 160
Contest 6 -> CW & Phone on 6 and 2 metres.
Contest 7 -> 10 meter AM & SSB DX
Contest * -> etc.

This could be done weekly or even daily... more contests, more often, and plenty of room left for ragchewers, nets, experimenters, etc. I see the issue between contests and non-contesters as more an organizational issue than any sort of hard core rivalry. Better planning (i.e. perhaps based on a round robin type scheduling) or other organizational schema can go a very long way and give better results than we see today.
There's enough Pissing & Moaning about contests as it is. All you'll do is make it louder. :roll: