Maybe both CQ and the ARRL should keep it simple.....any VHF band, any UHF
band, any band above UHF or change the names of their contests
John Geiger <aa5jg@lcisp.com> wrote: No, CQ screwed up also, because 222mhz is
not just a US ham band. It is a
ham band in all of region 2 (North and South America) so it is an
international band. There are also countries that don't have 6m as a ham
and (Kuwait for one) so maybe that should be excluded from an international
contest.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Agsten"
To:
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Two Bands
> I asked the folks at CQ why 222Mhz was excluded from their VHF contest.
The response was that since it is a Worldwide Contest and 222 is only an
amateur band in the U.S. they couldn't include it. I'm assuming the same
reasoning holds for 70Mhz.
>
> As far as 432 goes, it's not a VHF frequency so it's obviously excluded
from the CQ VHF contest. The irony here is that 432 and above are included
in the ARRL "VHF" contest and really shouldn't be if it's really a VHF
contest. VHF frequencies go to 300Mhz. And then of course, 222Mhz, a VHF
freq. is included in the ARRL's UHF contest. Does it seem like Newington has
things all screwed up? Certainly more so than CQ.
>
> I'll be on from FM18ch on 6 and 2 meters for the VHF contest. I will not
be roving for this one and probably not for future contests until some rules
are changed. ( So that means, most likely, that the N8AG rover is QRT)
>
> GL to all es 73,
> Dave N8AG ( ex W4TXS/R es N8AG/R)
>
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