i.e.: Get people on the air.,,,, I haven't heard a lot about this on this reflector or the other email lists, BUT..... Isn't it really ridiculous to have 13 (or is it 14) entrance categories for the
Author: peter h via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 14:49:58 -0500
I like the Bill Olson, K1DY/W3HQT, comments: Simplify & shorten the rules. My only modification would be to permit an entry as a Rover, even if only QSOs are made from one grid. Out here in the West,
Not to play the "old guy" card, but I will anyway (Hi Wayne!!) In the 50's 60's when I started contesting there were only 2 categories, single op, multiop. The participation was at an all time high t
So lets see.. I get a group of Op's together.. 'Lets take a Drive to Montana for a Beer Run ! Its $25 to $30 in VE for a dozen..but $10 to $12 in MT ! Operate during the trip South in the Contest, co
Pete - Are you asking this because you operate as a rover in motion in a single grid? If your rover operation is fixed, you can enter as a single op as things are. If you operate in motion or as a mo
Bill makes good point about the proliferation of entry categories. The irony is that every time an issue surfaces, the remedy is another new category... or two or three. Each decision *might* make se
When they towed the car did they take the beer ?????????????? :-))) ZN www.w5zn.org _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://list
Oh Ya ! 20yrs ago.. it was 'Put it in the Trunk Guys' ! Not Any More ! ;o( Jerry p.s. I am not 'Condoning Drinking and Driving' ! (You may hit a Bump and Spill Some) On 1/3/2015 4:51 PM, Joel Harriso
In the 432 MHz Fall Sprint in 2012 my car got stuck in the mud. My cell phone battery died with no way to charge it. No other radio than my 432 CW/SSB transverter. So I had to walk six miles back to
Oh..That's a x2 'This Sux Multiplier' No ? lol 73 (Been there) Jee/p On 1/3/2015 5:50 PM, Zack Widup wrote: In the 432 MHz Fall Sprint in 2012 my car got stuck in the mud. My cell phone battery died
This is just more evidence that being a Rover is really a mental disorder. Bob K0NR/r Recovering Rover On 1/3/2015 5:50 PM, Zack Widup wrote: In the 432 MHz Fall Sprint in 2012 my car got stuck in th
Author: Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 19:41:30 -0700 (MST)
HAH! I do believe you are right, Bob. Jonesy W3DHJ/r ...looking ahead to see what the WX might be in S.E. Colorado Jan 24-25 -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | http://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @
Author: peter h via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:49:30 -0500
SEE MY COMMENTS BELOW de N6ZE: --Original Message-- From: James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net> To: vhfcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> Cc: James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net> Sent: Sat,
So how about taking a clean sheet of paper approach to this? Design a new set of rules and contest structure to better achieve the goals of increasing activity and providing a reasonably level playin
I think a much more practical approach is to have one contest adopt a new structure and beta test it. Much easier to get buy-in if something works, much easier to experiment one at a time. It seems t
John... That would certainly be one of the steps in the two-year process, and one the reasons I felt it would take two years. As for the ARRL sponsorship of the sprints, I like that too but the impor
Author: Tim Marek via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 20:26:42 +0000 (UTC)
Long ago I saw something on a race car trailer that applies today.... "Contained Here Inside Is Disease For Which There Is No Known Cure.... HORSEPOWER !!" Change it to "CONTESTING" and it fully appl