[CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change

[Gerry Hull]

Agreed 100% Pierre!

The idea is to keep the contest interesting, with sweeps not impossible to
achieve.

Of course, the Maritimers would like different sections -- they have far
more hams than VY1/VY0.
And that proposal has gone nowhere.

SS is the Granddaddy of contests.  Lots of history, lots to do with ARRL
Sections.   The views of contesters don't seem to be too important these
days.

73,

Gerry Hull, VE1RM/W1VE
Trustee of VY1AAA



On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Pierre Fogal <pierre.fogal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, if you make VY0 it's own section, then sweeps will be few and
> far between.  To my knowledge the only time anyone has been on in
> recent times from Nunavut was me, in 2014 or 2015.  I called until I
> was hoarse and if I recall correctly, ended with a whopping 72
> contacts.
>
> Now, the antennas are better and we have an amp, but the chances of
> someone being here to operate them is still pretty slim.  Lag time
> over our satellite link is between 1.5 and 2 seconds -if we could get
> the bandwidth- which is tough to work with.  The Sun has gone down for
> the year by SS time, so that leaves a bit of time on 20m and antennas
> on 40m and 80m have proven a challenge.
>
> So, I'd strongly suggest leaving the north as one.  You're much more
> likely to work VY1AAA than us at VY0ERC. That last 20 degerees of
> latitude is a killer!
>
> But do please work VY0ERC during WPX!  The Sun will be up 14 hours a
> day so maybe even 15m will open!
>
> 73,
> Pierre VE3KTB/VY0 and operating VY0ERC
>
>
>
>
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:17:54 -0500
> > From: John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com>
> > To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> > Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change
> >       Suggestions
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> > Break up VO1 and VO2 into different sections.  Do the same for VY1, VY0
> and
> > VE8.  Now that would make getting a sweep a real challenge!!
> >
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