I think one of the things sorely missing from the contest is more DIGITAL modes
on VHF/UHF, other than EME/meteor. There is a large amount of VHF / UHF and up
that could benefit from digital use, but very few people other than EME/meteor
do digital in higher bands, and there is virtually no national level contest
encouraging the use of digital above HF. Putting a contest into bands above HF
would also encourage the ARRL and others to update the rules from circa the
late 1980s.
You can also get into digital at a lot lower power and cost than we used to,
but there is still almost no digital terrestrial traffic. You can get VHF/UHF
digital receivers for around $30, which means getting the little pistol level
stations involved will be cheaper and easier. I think most of the mobile
rovers and contesters already use computers for logging, why not add an
interface and score more points that way.
David
W0IM
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