On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:25:49PM -0800, Ward Silver wrote:
> i.e. - ARRL. The League is tapped out when it comes to adding contests and
> that's one reason I suggested a 6-meter piggyback. The other reason is that
> by adding 6 to an established contest, a bridge is created to contesters
> that otherwise plain wouldn't enter a 6-meter-only contest. I'm sure there
> *would* be more activity on the lower band, but the goal is to get people
> interested in 6-meters that aren't now. Is the idea to create a more
> exciting contest for the existing 6-meter contesters or create more 6-meter
> contesters? I'm not sure the two are separate, but there isn't a whole lot
> of overlap.
Yep - it is a great idea.
The IARU contest (when it was a 48 hour contest) included 6 and 2 meters.
Too band those bands were ditched now that we have lots of
guys on 6 meters. :-)
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George Fremin III - K5TR
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