[UK-CONTEST] 4m/6m contest in Es season

[Peter Bowyer]

2009/4/19 Andy GD0TEP <andy at gd0tep.com>:
> Hi John & Group,
>
> In answer to one of your points and as you've requested readers 'thoughts'
>
>>3. The 6m Trophy contest, although a popular and well supported contest
>>(by VHF standards), is not so busy that  groups could not put a bit of
> resource
>>into the 4m section.
>
> It's the 'not so busy' point I'm trying to answer here.
>
> With regards to the 6m Trophy. If the band is open with SpE, then we often
> see QSO rates of 100+ per hour, and with full exchange required I think
> that's a pretty busy band, and high QSO rates often leads to reasonable
> results, so I guess it would be a non starter for us to check 4m during this
> period to see if I could work one or two there.

... which means some tactical decisions would be needed as to which
band to be on at a given time - that's an essential part of SOAB and
M/S HF contesting which is lacking in (most) VHF contests - which on
its own would pose an interesting challenge. Putting on separate
sessions for 6m and 4m, as has been the case in VHF NFD for the past
few years, removes this element of tactics in favour of flogging each
band to death.

Peter G4MJS

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