START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB CALLSIGN: DL1EAL CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CLAIMED-SCORE: 6 CREATED-BY: UcxLog 6.35 OPERATORS: DL1EAL NAME: Roland Lehmann SOAPBOX: Many stations ignored the IARU Band Plans, especially in the 40m band. SOAPBOX: Some were running well below the phone segment, in some cases as low SOAPBOX: as 7,020 kHz, which is reserved area for CW DX window in Region 2. SOAPBOX: In this way they have gained an unacceptable advantage over those who SOAPBOX: complied to the band plan and had to endure the usual QRM on the band. SOAPBOX: I will not mention any specific callsign; you may want to check out SOAPBOX: the respective DX cluster records, if you like, and take appropriate SOAPBOX: disciplinary actions. This behavior not only violates contest rules SOAPBOX: (and Ham Spirit), but also ruins a large segment of the band for SOAPBOX: those who are not taking part in the contest, trying to run QSOs in SOAPBOX: CW or digital modes. SOAPBOX: For protest I only submit one QSO in my contest log. LOCATION: DX CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-POWER: LOW CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED QSO: 28000 PH 2009-10-25 1002 DL1EAL 59 14 TS9A 59 33 0 END-OF-LOG: