[UK-CONTEST] Re Decline in VHF/UHF contest activity

[David - KG4ZLB/MØZLB]

You might think its much different over here but its not. I just scanned 
through the SSB portion of 2m (in "4" land) and its completely dead - 
tomorrow and Sunday will be a little more busy for the contest but then 
it will be dead again. I have four repeaters within spitting distance 
and they are woefully under used as well, 70cm and 220 basically the 
same! What a waste of spectrum!

David
KG4ZLB/M0ZLB

Tim Hague wrote:
> Hi, having been involved in VHF/UHF contesting since the 70s under my 
> old call G8GGP and with the Hadrabs CG and now the Windmill group I'll 
> throw my 2p worth into the pot!
> There is no doubt that VHF/UHF activity has declined since the removal 
> of the CW requirement for access to HF, its a no brainer as our colonial 
> cousins across the pond would say,
> also it seems to me and I have tried to bring this up on a previous 
> thread that the novice license seems to view VHF as a band to operate FM 
> and repeaters only, easy stuff, lowest common
> denominator!
> There is no need for me to go through what VHF operation was like in the 
> early 70s, you really had to build your own gear, no repeaters and 
> tuning low to high..., it took effort and
> considerable interest to get a decent station on the air, now there is 
> no encouragement to try......
>
> Flack jacket on
>
> Tim M0AFJ / G8GGP
>
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