For almost a century, Amateur Radio -- and more importantly society itself -- has been dominated by HF operations (and encroachment attempts on the HF spectrum). The ARRL has been made up of people w
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:38:30 -0500
This implies that the committee looking into potential VHF contest rules changes lacks the qualifications to do so. I think this is patently false. The members of the VHF Contest Rules Subcommittee a
Imagine the outcry in the HF community if the committee that heavily influenced THEIR future was made up of Technician-class operators. <giggle> Kenneth Harker replied: This implies that the committe
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:48:31 -0500
OK, I don't agree with this either. VHF contests were the first major radio contests to introduce something like the rover entry class. There is nothing even remotely like it in ARRL or CQ-sponsored
If we are going to imitate HF contests, I would like to see the VHF contest copy the IARU HF or 10 meter contest, and allow me to work the same station again on the other mode. Or even take it one st
for 10k+ I don't think so. I happen to believe that one of the primary reasons that VHF contests get fewer logs is that fewer people operate VHF SSB/CW and there are far fewer stations to work in a V
Great point made below...with followup from me ... I happen to believe that one of the primary reasons that VHF contests get fewer logs is that fewer people operate VHF SSB/CW and there are far fewer
Kenneth E. Harker wrote: VHF contests were the first major radio contests to introduce something like the rover entry class. There is nothing even remotely like it in ARRL or CQ-sponsored HF contests
A couple of other observations on VHF contests: The inverse corelation of HF and VHF activity is not at all surprising. Over the past few years I have not been as active in VHF contests as I was back
There is the Cushcraft A6270 triband yagi, but for 2 and 70cm the elements go the wrong way (vertical). Cushcraft also makes a VHF/UHF log periodic, but like most log periodics, it suffers from crapp
I do both HF and VHF contesting. They are really two different animals. Yes, HF contesting provides a certain adrenalin rush when you're working 3, 4, 5 stations a minute. That's a lot of fun. But VH
I have written every major antenna mfg asking them to consider manufacturing a multi-band V/UHF antenna. Everyone considers this a dead subject since they don't think that the market is there to sup
Yes, HF and VHF contests have different challenges and can be fun for different reasons. I had a lot of fun in the June VHF QSO party, but I only made about 50 or 60 QSO's. I didn't have ANY fun in t
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:10:36 -0500
Again, you have this wierd idea that the "personnel at the ARRL" know nothing about VHF or VHF contesting. I dare say K1JX has won a lot more VHF contests than you have, KM0T and W5ZN are much higher
Sometimes its not possible to afford land and build a home / contest station other than in a subdivision that is covered by CC&R's let alone equip a contest station. I'm in the process of buying lan
Kenneth E. Harker wrote: As I said in a previous post, the ARRL personnel you are abusing _are_ serious VHF operators and they _do_ know a thing or two about VHF weak signal operation. Stop speaking
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:11:49 -0500
Ev, you wrote the following on 21 July 2004: "Personnel at the ARRL has changed. The folks that are there have little `organizational memory' on some items...and because they don't operate VHF contes
One way to resolve this issue, is to get out our back copies of QST and check the "Line Scores" of the VHF+ contests to see what our League "Decision Makers" have turned in for the past 10 years. 73
As a computer guy, this is sort of up my alley. The League's scores web page is at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/scores.html and from there, members can (tediously) look at scores turned
In the interests of full disclosure :-) I have not yet become active in VHF+contesting beyond the occasional small entry. Yet I would really like to get involved and have been actively monitoring, wa