Imagine that the ARRL provided a simple Paper-to-Cabrillo program (the one that
looks just like their paper VHF-UHF-EME logs, but outputs in Cabrillo format for
submittal) and then provided an incentive to submit in Cabrillo format...like
making the official results available 60-days (or sooner) after the conclusion
of the contest.
What would that be worth to you?
Let's find out! Can we think "outside of the box"? Try one of these on for
size, both would still benefit from that Paper-to-Cabrillo system noted above:
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Make the August UHF Contest a Cabrillo-only event...and release the official
line-scores in 45-days. (!)
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Don't wanna mess with existing events? How about this...establish a new contest
as a testing ground: the "ARRL All-band VHF Sprint". One saturday, from 6:00pm
until 11:00pm local time. QSO's take place during the activity hours (see
footnote). All log submittals take place using Cabrillo. Recap published in
QST (like now), but the line-score results are released 30-days after the close
of the event (15-days to submit, and 15-days to process).
Ev, W2EV
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