Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:02:14 -0600
Per today's 'ARRL Letter', the League is looking for comments on the proposed rules for the replacement UHF test. Proposed items include: *Held in May, over Mothers Day weekend. *No EME QSOs. *Team c
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:06:24 -0600
Oops...weekend BEFORE Mothers Day.... _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontestin
I have not entered a UHF contest in many years, so maybe I don't have a stake in this debate. Or maybe I am a potential participant. I pulled the log data for the Rocky Mt Division and found this: 20
Here are some draft comments re the "new" UHF contest proposal that I am happy to share with the list before pass my final comments onto the ARRL. My only real issue with the "old" UHF contest rules
Don - On Apr 15, 2016, at 9:15 AM, you commented: The new rules dont preclude run-n-gun operations, you just have to change the grid exchange when you enter a new 6 grid. You dont need to stay within
Author: Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:42:20 -0400
Here are my thoughts: 1.) If you look at the number of QSOs, by band, in a typical, year in and year out, ARRL VHF contest, you will notice a few facts. There are fewer QSOs on 220 MHz than 2M or 432
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 02:14:28 -0400
As a newbie (1 contest, licensed less than a year) and a "bottom feeder" (FM only) I have a different perspective than those who have invested many years and a lot more time and money into contesting
Well, the stated purpose of the committee is to increase VHF/UHF activity in general and VHF/UHF contest activity in particular. So, I guess that would correspond to making the contest pie bigger. Ov
Hi, I read through the proposal as well. Definitely a number of changes that look very interesting. The only question I have is why no optical? The only other thing that came to mind is why not let r