Sorry, although it might solve your problems, it would make the sprint into an all out display of stamina for those of us who live in populous areas. It would simply become a test of who could make
Contests succeed because they are fun, not because of their 'sponsorship'. If quality of 'sponsorship' determined longevity, then most of the CQ-sponsored events would have been stillborn. 73, Hans,
One of the best things that helps the activity in the NCJ Sprints (the original Sprint) is the team competition. This would be a good step to increase participation. This would be hard with 3 kids.
I have always been under the impression that a contest was designed to be just that. It sounds like you want an "activity night". Yes - these are all good ideas. -- George Fremin III Johnson City, Te
Yes that would be good. I've received 2 comments about having kids making it hard, but my experience with the kids is that weekends, particularly Saturdays, are even harder. The kids always have pla
Not at all, and I don't agree that contests are designed to see who can make nonstop contacts the fastest. That's part of it, but skill in knowing where and when to point the antenna, experience in k
I guess I don't understand why we need a "contest" to do this. If you need to find out whether an antenna or amp is working, just get on the air. Why have a "it's-almost-a-real-contest" contest just
give Also difficult for us poor second shift workers! I often have to use vacation days in order to participate, but there is only so many days! 73 Dan, N9RLA 1/2 of the N9RLA /R no budget Rover Tea
Then I suggest you would not like HF contesting :) I have done VERY little VHF contesting for the reason you like it. -- 73 de KK1L...ron (kk1l@arrl.net) <>< QTH: St. Albans, Vermont My page: http:/
These contests are called sprints. Sprint: 1. To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance. This sort of rate is often acheived in HF contests and sometime even on 6 meters. I just looked
I don't like the idea of making the VHF contests like the lowband contests. It's fun when we get a good band opening and it really gets hectic, but if the contests were always like that, it would not
Author: geraldj@ames.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, P.E.)
Date: Wed Apr 14 15:16:56 1999
Out here in the middle of Iowa, 25 miles from the Boondocks, its very hard to get excited about spending 4 hours in front of the radio to make half a dozen contacts or fewer. It takes a full blown co
make where how The actual goal in a contest is to score more points than anyone else. In order to do this it takes all of the things you mentioned... including that which you apparently don't want to
The excitement of one QSO successfully completed on 5760 or 10368 MHz SSB/CW is worth sitting in front of a dead radio for a couple hours (at least to me). VHF contesting is still in the realm of the