Ok, Kenneth...let's take a different tack on this...you said...
> These are the contests that the ARRL sponsors on VHF+:
>
> January VHF Sweepstakes
> June VHF QSO Party
> ARRL UHF Contest
> September VHF QSO Party
> ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest (two weekends)
You operate from South Texas. According to the ARRL, theis is the activity
above 432 MHz for each contest above in 2002/3:
January 4 of 14 submitted logs showed activity above 432 MHz
Note: W5DR/R 903:25q3g, 1.2:26q/3g, 2.3:30q8g, 3.4:12q8g
June 5 of 22 submitted logs showed activity above 432 MHz
August UHF No South Texas activity reported
September 5 of 6 submitted logs showed activity above 432 MHz
Note: AB5SS/R 903:19q3g, 1.2:22q6g, 2.3:26q13g, 3.4:19q13g
uWave Cumulatives 9 participants in Texas, 3 with 24 GHz
> Why do you want to destroy VHF contesting experience for the rest of us?
What's to destroy? It seems that there's a wonderful world above 432 MHz in
Texas just waiting for you to explore!
In June, you operated as one of 5 ops at the K5TR Limited Multiop -- placing #9
overall (without regard as to any entry class of any participant!) with a 4-band
score of 426,070. Adding bands above 432 MHz could have easily moved you up
over 1/2-million points and possibly breaking into the top-5 of all scores
submitted!
If that's destroying the contesting experience, then count me in!
Ev, W2EV
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Ask me about either. I'll send a URL and you can join the fun, too!
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