Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28468 invoked from network); 22 May 2001 15:21:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 22 May 2001 15:21:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 5764 invoked from network); 22 May 2001 15:21:10 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 22 May 2001 15:21:10 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 152Dma-0004Tq-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 22 May 2001 16:09:12 +0100 Received: from mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.6]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 152DmW-0004Tg-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 22 May 2001 16:09:08 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id RAA648466 for ; Tue, 22 May 2001 17:08:29 +0200 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20010522160920.32b78f2e@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:09:20 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: LF: contest on 136kHz ? In-reply-to: <3B0A682B.18219.DCF570@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >... >Several suggestions were made as to how to encourage newcomers onto 136kHz. It >was felt that once active, stations were reasonably well looked after by other >band users. >... >Suggestions were: >* Run a contest, or series of cumulative contests, perhaps as part of the >RSGB's "LF Cumulatives" which run on 160, 80 and 40m. >... I don't know if a 'traditional' contest is such a good idea. If might end up with only hearing a few strong stations CQ'ing forever while all weak (and interesting) signals are down in QRM. I think that 2kHz is just too less space for a contest unless we work out some rules that prevent certain (strong) stations to occupy a frequency all the time. For instance we could include that after a QSO the station that called CQ has to leave the frequency . The same rule should apply for a station that is calling CQ for certain time (eg. 2 minutes) without anyone responding. Maybe we even should enforce a 'dead time' of a few minutes after each QSO. 73, Rik ON7YD