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

[G0MIC at aol.com]

I would like to add my personal pennyworth to this as an organiser of a  
contest team.  
 
Firstly more contests for 4 metres in the E's season would be welcome and  
the PW Low Power contest on 13th  June is a welcome addition to the  
calendar.
 
However I do not want these to run concurrently with 6 metres for the  
following reasons
 
We do not have a large contingent of members to assemble and operate the  
stations.  For VHF Field Day we can muster enough people to set  up 2  or 3 
stations. Our problem is finding enough capable and  keen operators to man 
them and are able, normally to be able to guarantee 2  stations over the 
weekend.  Our choice comes down to 2 metres for 24 hours  plus 4 metres and 6 
metres on alternate days.  If the 4 and 6 were moved  together we would loose 
one station due to lack of operators rather than  shortage of equipment.
 
The PW 4 metre contest is on the Saturday and their 144 MHz contest is on  
the Sunday which suits us fine as we only set up one station with a change 
of  antennas overnight and we will have enough good operators to give us a 
fighting  chance of having some success.
 
I am also conscious that a lot of support comes from solo fixed stations  
who come on to give away points and get themselves some good squares or DX 
and I  suspect that we would split this support between the two bands rather 
than get  it for both as these people tend to have limited operating time or  
resources.
 
Regards
 
Malcolm
G)MIC