Marshall, Thank you for a very informative article detailing the different digital mode pros and cons. I have not ventured into this and not sure I will as most of my operating is on the upper UHF ba
Hi Steve, I am of the opinion that splitting the VHF and up contests into mode specific contests will be at the detriment of all. There just simply is not enough activity. If activity continues to gr
Instead of creating a separate category, they could cut all digital mode QSO points in half, ie., 2 digi-Qsos on 6M = 1 real Qso. Maybe that's being too generous ? Just kidding. -73 Ron WZ1V not one
Some thoughts, Coming from a point of also being an ARES / PIO member and a part of our ARES leadership team Having just gone through a major hurricane and being the Harris County ARES PIO I was inte
VHF and up contests differ from almost all other contests in that there is only goal -- make the contact. Can't get through on SSB? Switch to CW. Mixed mode contact -- allowed. Should that point valu
The problem with penalizing digital mode contacts is that it will hurt the newer generation of hams the most, and those are the people we want to be encouraging to get on the air during these contest
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:28:24 -0600
I'm very concerned about where the VHF bands (mostly 6M) are heading. The wholesale adoption of JT65 & now FT8 WSJT modes has reduced SSB & CW activity on 6M to near zero. What this means from a cont
Nor do I want to discourage nor penalize the digital modes ... I just "feel" "perceive" that those who prefer the more traditional modes are being forced out ever so slowly because by this time next
W9RM, Here's how I have been parsing this... let's just assume you are correct that many people are lowering their VHF contest score by using digital modes too often or in situations where it is coun
Author: Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:48:59 -0600 (MDT)
It's always been my puzzlement that CW QSOs in VHF contests don't count as 2 points -- like in the ARRL Field Day (non)contest. Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, C
Hello Ron and others interested in this topic.... I think that all this will sort itself out in a fairly short time. Some believe that ALL VHF contesting will go to FT8. Others say that ALL VHF cont
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:32:46 -0600
After the 2017 CQWW VHF contest (the last VHF contest with any Es on 6), I recall guys quoting maybe 30-45/hr run rate on FT8. They said they were working hard at it. This was close to when the mode
If you couldn't ask them for the grid square, were you really capable of exchanging "unknown information"? (As I recall, the standard for a contact is exchange of unknown information, not simply exch