Hello to everyone.....Concerning the Distance scoring thing: First, let me say that I neither oppose nor favor a distance measured contest. I have never operated in one and it might be fun. However,
Hi Zack and the rest of the list.....I am currently building up 4 x 6el Cheap Yagis on 2M for portable / rover use. With a 400W TE brick, it should be easy to work EME, especially with the larger sta
Hello Marshall, I worked a European station on 144 CW back in the mid 70's during a European contest that used distance to determine the score. My one contact put me way ahead of many stations in Ger
OK you say, we will just ban EME contacts in such a contest. Well that certainly files in the face of a distance measured contest. We want people to work hard to make difficult, long distance contact
Brilliant idea Marshall ! Have teams of grid circlers on both coasts (or better yet a team in South Africa or Australia) and grid circle via the moon. Want a challenge Wayne? Hope your "cheap-yagi" a
If I remember correctly... The W3ZZ distance scoring scheme described in his 1999 CQ-Contest article capped the # of points per contact over a certain distance and further at 3 points per contact: Th
This must be why the current UK? VHF contest rules do no allow EME. 73 Paul AA4ZZ Hello Marshall, I worked a European station on 144 CW back in the mid 70's during a European contest that used distan
Marshall - Your EME rover scenario is very tempting. I may give it a go. I assume that you are using one of the WSJT modes? What kind of EIRP is necessary for a rover to make a couple of EME contacts
I have worked scatter with FSK441 with the Rover setup many times. My usual setup on 2m is 10 element CC @ 20', with 160 watts. This is pretty good up to 600 ~ 800 miles. Never considered EME, though
Have you tried EME with that setup? If you an make a few EME contacts on the setting and rising moon, that would be worthwhile. That is probably 2 kW EIRP. Maybe Marshall can help tell us if that is
For everyone's information, the ARRL did use distance scoring in the August UHF for one year in 1982. I believe it was referred to as RANGE. Look it up in the old QST's! When the VUCC started in 1983
Hi Kevin Thanks for trying to get this group focused into a direction that could yield some results. I would like to include some basic information. I think a lot of us old timers remember the reluct
It is interesting to read the reaction to the Range scoring used in the 1982 contest. The reaction, at least those published reactions, seemed very positive, although there were some comments about t
Hi Kevin, I say let's not go on a cabin-fever, contest-renovation crusade! The 4-character grid locator multiplier system works just fine in the US and Canada. We do not have high population densitie
As a member of the VUAC I have to say that Ron is 100% spot on. If the VHF contesting community wants distance scoring in a contest then there needs to be a consensus developed by that community as t
OK then. I suggest that we form a yahoo user's group to work through the issues in an analytical manner, as we can only do so much thru the din of a reflector. It would amount to a working group for
Sounds good Kevin, count me in. 73 Dan -- Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. EM78el K9ZF /R no budget Rover **QRP-l #1269 Check out the Rover Resource Page at: <http://www.qsl.net
Count me in as well. I am very supportive and interested in a V/UHF distance scoring contest. 73 Gene N9TF Sounds good Kevin, count me in. 73 Dan -- Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County In
Count me in also. I am in favor of a distance scoring contest. David Hinton KE4YYD Count me in as well. I am very supportive and interested in a V/UHF distance scoring contest. 73 Gene N9TF Sounds go