Here's the way this is supposed to work:
Your big gun station is on '.200 and There are 20 guys waiting to work you.
The rules force you to move somewhere (anywhere else!) leaving 200 open for
me. Since I am the only one there, I (the wee little pistol) will make the
contacts your presence has attracted, since you are nowhere to be found.
It's the great equalizer. It kills your competitive spirit and makes me even
lazier and less interested in building/improving my station.
The license tests aren't the only thing being dumbed down; we can now work
on a person's spirit...
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tree
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 14:41 UTC
To: Zack Widup
Cc: VHFcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] K7RAT Two Meter Spring Sprint
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:23:43AM -0500, Zack Widup wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Bruce Herrick wrote:
>
> > Well said, Fred. The Sprint QSY rule is very polarizing. Some of the
> > best contesters on HF love it as it gives them a new challenge, but many
> > who try the Sprint for the first time never go back to it because of
> > this rule. When we are trying so hard to attract new blood to VHF+
> > contesting, I fear implementing this rule would be very
> > counter-productive.
> >
>
> VHF contesting is quite different from HF contesting. Although the HF
> sprint QSY rule is fun, I think it would be devastating on VHF. When you
> have beams that have a pattern only 30 degrees wide or less, it's hard
> enough getting the attention of a station who's sitting on one frequency.
>
> Maybe instead of a frequency QSY rule, we ought to have a "beam swinging"
> rule? :-)
I guess I see the use of the QSY rule in VHFing as a way to kick the big gun
off the calling frequency for a short period of time and make them QSY to
another frequency. I don't really understand how this is going to be a
big problem for anyone but the big gun.
By opening up the utility of the calling frequency for some smaller guns to
make an occasional QSO - I think we improve the experience for them - and
maybe there will be more fun in it for the smaller guns - and there will be
more of them for the big guns to work.
And - at least in this area - getting people to move around some will help
spread things out instead of everyone trying to make their QSOs on the
calling frequency.
Tree
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