[UK-CONTEST] Increasing VHF contest participation by newbies

[Andy Cunningham]

David
> Until one can sell the fascination of the VHF / UHF / SHF bands to the
> newcomer, no amount of rule changing - licence or contest - is going to
> force them to migrate there for anything more than a chat on the local
> repeater.
>   
I think that applies to HF as well. I've got lots of reactions along the 
lines of "oh, do people still do that", and "why not just use the 
internet". But there's a buzz that comes with knowing you made the 
contact with this box and that bit of metal - not a gazillion tonnes of 
fibre and routers - that's hard to explain to someone who hasn't 
experienced it.

Andy
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