[Fourlanders] thoughts??

[Ron Rogers]

And..with the exception of the opening up the use of APRS rover data by
EVERYONE now (not just multis), the opening up internet spotting clusters
use by EVERONE (not just multis), and the idea of (God forbid !!) being able
to "Self spot" now (this is radical), most of the other proposed changes
simply clarify rules that were modified before, but still did not accomplish
what the original rule change was intended to do.

 

We have been screaming for years at the VHF conferences about the ARRL not
embracing the idea of internet use and self spotting during contests, with
the argument  that it shouldn't matter where you get the info about a
station being on the air, you STILL have to make the contact to gain the
points.  

And, previous VHF-UHF advisory committees tried and failed to get these
ideas accepted since the "Old Guard" was still of the DXCC and HF contest
mindset of Thou Shalt Not Self-Spot.

 

So.this is surely refreshing and I certainly hope that, because these latest
proposals come from the Programs & Services group sub-committee whose big
focus is on exposing and growing the hobby, that they may be more easily
embraced by the Board. It certainly would be a giant step forward in
matching today's VHF-UHF technique with today's real time information
resources.

 

A lot of you were not around when we old-timer VHF contesters were still
using ARRL sections as multipliers. Again, the NE had a big advantage of
more section scoring on multiple bands so there was major push back. But in
the end, we DID get grid square scoring contests and it really helped bring
new life into VHF-UHF contesting. Hopefully, these latest changes would
breath new life into these same contests.          

 

 

Ron

WW8RR

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From: Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
John Kludt
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:54 AM
To: Bill Pence; Kim Hensley
Cc: Fourlanders
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] thoughts??

 

Biill,

Not sure of who all is on the distribution but just one small note in
defense of the ARRL.  I have been in some discussions with them and they do
see the VHF/UHF contesting community as a part of the issue.  Specifically
the NE has a huge advantage based on populations density and they like that
advantage, thank you very much don't do anything that would mess with that.
Certainly in 2014, amateur radio without the Internet is like a fish without
water so I am sure these welcome changes will boost scores.  Not sure it
will lead to a differential advantage for anyone, but like you said, welcome
to the 1990's

Johnny

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Pence 
Sent: Nov 12, 2014 7:26 PM 
To: Kim Hensley 
Cc: Fourlanders 
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] thoughts?? 

wow. welcome ARRL to the late 1990's!!!

 

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 7:02 PM, <whensley11 at comcast.net> wrote:

Here's ARRL's contest rule announcement AND solicitation of comments for
VHF/UHF/microwave contesting.

 

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-seeks-input-on-initial-vhf-uhf-microwave-conte
st-rule-changes

 

 


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