We seem to have a strange meaning for the word "schedule". To me, a "schedule" is something set up a significant time in the future. A "schedule" is not something set up for as soon as you can possib
Ron, OK, your response is only partially out of context. Just to be clear when I say contest "scheduling" I mean using the telephone, Internet, or even a non VHF contest band like 80, 40, or whatever
OK I am a youngster (25) who has been into VHF and VHF contesting seriously for about 2 years now. That said, I was under the impression that the primary purposes of skeds was for real long haul stuf
Hi Dustin; With two years of VHF contesting experience you already understand the crux of the issue. Those who cut their teeth on VHF/UHF know that the equipment, paths, antennas, and frequency make
Hi Dustin Thanks for asking the question and good to have you in here. I will try to explain what schedules mean to me. Not during a contest period: If your trying to work a new grid, possibly a rove
I host multiops for the June VHF contest and I don't make skeds. We have won this contest. Maybe we would win more or by more if we did make skeds. I personally do not find it fun to make skeds befor
Just got around to replying to February e-mail in August, George? :-) Been there. No problem. I can't confirm/refute your claim that you've "won" nor in what category or categories, since apparently
Yep. I did a sort of subject and did not pay attention to date. The arrl contest results are on the web here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ ie: The June 2008 results are here: http://www.arrl
W4NH doesn't do a lot of skeds either but not because of any philosophical issues. We guys in the Southeast enjoy reading all of these discussions about the validity of the various modes, skeds, etc.
I thought he was referring to who won, for example, in 1976? I know if you have the QST collection on CD (or all the volumes on paper) you can go and find them, but they aren't on line anywhere that
Indeed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cOfAixTWDI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T4tq6r3h5Q&feature=channel Even though these are not VHF related, I have used these clips to help entice two friends
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:19:53 -0700
All contest results from 1997 to the present are online. Extended web reports and the interactive line score databases are avaiable to ARRL members only, but the QST result articles for that time per
Correct. Always found it curious that there's no readily-available historical record of the category winners, or any "depth charts" beyond that. Even with rules-changes over the decades changing the
I would really like that sort of information. I think it would be cool. Several efforts have been made in the past for some contests to compile this sort of data. CQ magazine produced an amateur radi