It seems there is a group of ops who see output power as the defining factor for a good station. The need for an ‘amp’overshadowing everything else. The common argument used is;‘everybody is doing it so I need a big amp to compete’. The end result is more QRM,more shouting into mics,[...]
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The RSGB news pages are carrying a clarification as to who is responsible for investigating interference to broadcast transmissions and amateur radio. The RSGB say: The position is that the BBC is now responsible for investigating interference affecting domestic TV &radio broadcast reception. [...] Ofcom remains responsible for investigating interference to the amateur service,[...] 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 [...] 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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