Re: Users of 2 metre Amateur Band?
The QRP frequencies and similar are a bit different, they are just 'centres of activity' or rather frequencies where people of a similar interest gather. Nobody has an exclusive right to them but some tend to get a bit upset if you stray on their patch. And as a QRP operator I rarely use the QRP slots myself, there is plenty to work elsewhere.
The IARU beacon slots are 'exclusive' frequencies, the only ones in the band plans, and are specifically clear so that the beacons can be copied without interference. Although your licence allows you to transmit there you should not and it is not a place you would expect others to call you for the same reason.
I missed in Scimitar's post that he was calling on RTTY. I suspect getting non-contest RTTY replies this weekend during the contest is rather unlikely whereever he goes.
73 Dave
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