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

[John Langridge]

So here is Bart's response below.  Probably best if you have not written
him a *respectful* email requesting inclusion in the event that you go
ahead do that.  *contests at arrl.org <contests at arrl.org>* is the address.
There is still time to get this done and it goes a long way to promoting
two-way communications on these bands which has been one of the goals.

73 and thanks,

John


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ <w9jj at arrl.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: need clarification about 2018 grid event
To: John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com>


Thanks, John:

Well, I guess I needed to ask the right people here - indeed turns out
these bands have been enabled in LoTW.

So strike that from my reply - still, we haven't decided to add them to the
inclusions list yet but the event doesn't start for another 6 weeks, so we
will consider same and make an announcement should we decide to formally
include or exclude them.

Thanks for asking!


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: Friday, November 10, 2017 9:49 AM
To: Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ
Subject: Re: need clarification about 2018 grid event

Actually LoTW DOES support both bands right now.. I have made a number of
uploads as have others.

Please advise.

thanks!

John

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ <w9jj at arrl.org> wrote:
> 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