[UK-CONTEST] VHF NFD

[Peter Bowyer]

2008/7/24 Richard Newstead <g3cwi at btconnect.com>:
> Re the field point. Thinking about this a little more;
>
> Surely many (if not most) contacts are not actually with portable stations
> in these contests - and thus the fall in QSO numbers is not just less
> portable stations (and not just in the UK).

Interesting, lots of factors come into play. Activity breeds
activity... a few loud signals around the band mean that the causal
tuner will be motivated to stay on the band for longer and make more
QSOs. If the /Ps are not about, the band can seem empty, or not
sufficiently interesting and the causal participant goes away and does
something more interesting.

> And if each team stays at home, would that not mean more people might be
> available to contact overall for those that go out?

Possibly. But how many individual group members have a capable station
at home to use instead? I certainly don't!

Peter


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