[UK-CONTEST] Letter to Radcom

[Aanside Studios]

OK guys, don't hang me!

Yes, in my letter to Radcom I got it wrong BUT I stand by my assertion that
all the effort will be put into 50MHz because contacts are easy. I do not
consider 50MHz "VHF" as we know it and it is, in summertime, just another HF
band with the advantage of bucket loads of Sporadic E. My main point was to
highlight the lack of activity on the higher bands, and that the only way to
encourage contesters to use these bands, which for some reason are perceived
as "difficult", is to reinstate the incentive scoring that they used to
attract. The last time I operated in a VHF Field Day we did not have 50MHz,
the lowest band used was 70MHz, 70cm and 23cm received a bonus, the scoring
was based on Maidenhead Locator without the benefit of computer programs for
scoring and log verification was done manually. (And the rig was powered by
steam, and we tuned high to low)

I too am amazed that the Editor of Radcom did not pick up on my goof, it
only goes to show that they do not read the letters and simply use them to
fill space.

Incidentally, in my own defence have a look at the General Rules and see how
unclear the normalization clause is - in this day and age it is easy to put
an equation into a format which displays it as such on the web page.

Barry GM4TOE