On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 07:11:10AM -0400, Ev Tupis wrote:
> Imagine the outcry in the HF community if the committee
> that heavily influenced THEIR future was made up of Technician-class
> operators. <giggle>
This implies that the committee looking into potential VHF contest rules
changes lacks the qualifications to do so. I think this is patently false.
The members of the VHF Contest Rules Subcommittee are:
K1KI: New England Division Director. Very active HF contester who does
operate the VHF contests.
K1JX: Decades and decades of VHF contest experience. Has hosted many
multi-op VHF contest stations. Holds New England QRP Portable
record score in the June VHF contest. Author of CQ magazine articles
about VHF contesting. Significant work on 6 meter antenna designs.
Etc., etc.
W5ZN: ARRL Vice President. Decades and decades of VHF+ operating
experience, including many contests. Has WAS on 50 MHz and
144 MHz. Very active on microwaves: 31 grids confirmed on 2.3 GHz,
20 grids confirmed on 10 GHz.
KM0T: Since 1999, one of the few stations active on all bands 50 MHz
to 24 GHz from the far western edge of midwestern VHF activity.
Also active on HSMS. Only the thirtieth ham ever to earn VUCC
on 902 MHz. VUCC #21 on 24 GHz.
N0AX: Northwest Division CAC Member. Editor of the ARRL Rate Sheet contesting
newsletter. Author of _Ham Radio for Dummies_, now in wide circulation.
Frequent contributor to QST, ARRLWeb, and other publications. Has
been a judge at World Radiosport Team Championship. Active in
the VHF contest from the Pacific Northwest.
AA7A: Southwestern Division CAC Member. Ned was actually my first-ever
random two meter meteor scatter QSO on SSB. Very well-rounded
VHF and HF contest and DXing experience includes everything from
DXpeditioning to WAS on 50/144 to EME operation. Very active
in VHF contesting. Getting on 6M EME.
W3ZZ: Decades and deacdes of VHF contest experience, esp. in the M/U
class. Current editor of "The World Above 50 MHz" column in QST,
former manager of the CQ World Wide VHF Contest, does product
reviews of VHF weak signal gear for QST, maintains the VHF/UHF
standings records for the ARRL, etc.
N7NG: ARRL Membership Service Department Manager. Contest rules and the
sponsorship of ARRL contests are ultimately the responsibility of
the Membership Services Committee, composed of Directors, but managed
by Wayne.
N1ND: ARRL Contest Branch Manager. Dan doesn't actually operate many
contests himself, HF or VHF, but he is responsible for their
implementation and management. It makes sense to include him
in any discussion that might involve new categories, different
rules and penalties, different scoring, etc.
So, not only are these individuals your VHF and contesting peers, they
represent a reasonable geographic distribution across the country, and
a reasonable distribution of VHF and microwave experiences.
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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