[600MRG] Fwd: need clarification about 2018 grid event

[John Langridge]

So below is the response I received from Bart at the ARRL contest desk.
First of all both bands have been integrated with LoTW so this is an
internal communication problem at the ARRL.  I have notified him of this
fact and await a response.

I suspect they will use the UTC thing as their "catch all" to exclude but
hope I am just being cynical.

If this bothers anyone else as well you should probably send an email
voicing your concern to Bart Jahnke at *contests at arrl.org
<contests at arrl.org>*

73,

John


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ <w9jj at arrl.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: need clarification about 2018 grid event
To: John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com>


Hi John,

We have not included the 630 meter and 2200 meter bands in conversation yet
because operations must notify UTC before operating, and as LoTW doesn't
yet include these bands.  We do exclude the channelized 60-meter band for
now.

Should we decide to include these bands in the future, we will make an
announcement at that time.


Thanks for participating!


73,

Bart Jahnke, W9JJ
Contest Branch Manager
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111
860-594-0232
w9jj at arrl.org





-----Original Message-----
From: John Langridge [mailto:kb5njd at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 5:34 PM
To: Contest
Subject: need clarification about 2018 grid event

Hi there -

its seems there are several contradictions about frequencies in the press
release and rules for the grid event.

Many of us were excited to see that 630m and 2200m were not excluded from
the event, per the press release, only to be disappointed to see another
reference excluding "600-meters" with no mention of 2200m...

Please clarify and also note that there are a lot of ops out there and on
the air making two-way contacts with CW and JT modes on both of these new
band.. These are not just wasted beacon bands...

thanks,

John KB5NJD