On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Ev Tupis wrote:
>
> I continue to focus on the social aspect of Amateur radio. The 10-GHz+
> contest is widely active in his region *because* is it a social event in
> which participants are encouraged to contact as many DIFFERENT stations as
> possible.
>
> Why the poor UHF activity in So. Cal? Most likely because it lacks an aspect
> of social behavior. There is much missing from his recap. For
> instance...did he advertise ahead of his activity to let everyone know that
> he was coming through and to power-up? That's what clubs do (and more) ahead
> of contests. Did he publicly celebrate the event afterward in the community?
> That's what clubs do afterward.
>
Interesting observations, Ev. Coming up to the 10 GHz contest, a lot of
us in this area have an e-mail list where we start discussing our
operations at least a month ahead of time. We talk abvout locations and
make plans. There were about 12 people lined up on the beach in Empire,
Michigan this September and I roved down Lake Michigan, working as many
as possible as well as other Rovers along the lake.
I see this happening to some extent on the other VHF contests but not to
the extent it happens in the 10 GHz contest. I know the NLRS is the same
way. A few of them tried to work me in August and one was successful over
a difficult path.
73, Zack W9SZ
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