Over the last few years there have been many debates about contests,the behaviour of contesters and what the ever increasing number of contests is doing to the hobby. Some say it is the only way forward,the TINA principle,there is no alternative (sounds familiar!) Others argue that far from being the saviour of [...]
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Some Yahoo groups have been buzzing this week after news filtered out that the latest International Amateur Radio Union, IARU, meeting had recommended that the 40m QRP centre of activity be moved from 7030Khz. There was some confusion as to what was really happening and it turned out a move was discussed but not recommended. [...] The recent news that the Irish ComReg (EI version of Ofcom) has agreed to the use of higher powers,1500W for HF and 1000W for VHF,for EI stations taking part in designated contests has been greeted with dismay and cynicism. The responses have been variable with some saying it will make no difference as [...] It is about 50 years since I first started playing with radio. Driven by a fascination with stories of my grandfather’s crystal sets and the box of old looking components left in his shed. This was in the time of big valve wireless sets and long wire aerials to poles down the garden. Amateur radio [...] According to this post some Irish ops want more power for contest operation. The idea is that if they had more power,1.5Kw,it would help them compete with the big guns. My biggest concern is that contests already cause a lot of problems and that increasing power limits will just increase the QRM levels [...] There has been an exchange of letters in Rad Com (the RSGB journal) about amateur radio and the internet. Evidently contesters are using the internet to connect to remote stations in other countries. Some say this is a legitimate use of technology while others say it is unfair and amounts to cheating. I go with the [...] A few years ago I went QRT because I was absolutely fed up with contest QRM every weekend. At that time I had skeds with people who worked during the week. It became almost impossible to have a decent QSO and nobody seemed to take the issue seriously. My biggest complaint was the complete disregard [...] | ||
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