[UK-CONTEST] NATIONAL VHF CONTEST

[G3RIR]

David and all,

Of course there isn't any longer a VHF Contest Committee just one contest
committee for all bands but they do have someone on the committee to
"champion" VHF and I understand it is currently Peter, G4CLA).

All this discussion about VHF contests is absolutely great in my mind and I
am sure that the Contest Committee are taking on board the ideas.

And as a further reminder the VHF and Up steam at the RSGB Convention will
have a VHF Contesting Forum.

Neil, G3RIR
Joint Organiser of the VHF and Up Stream
 

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of DAVID BUTLER
Sent: 08 May 2009 12:19
To: Peter Bowyer; uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] NATIONAL VHF CONTEST

Peter,

But activity has moved on - actually considerably dropped off - since those
2M UK Cumulatives were stopped.

We now need a 'national' contest to encourage low power newcomers and
others to participate in vhf contesting.

Maintain the 2M UKAC   and  have a series of of 144MHz (& higher) National
Contests.

73 David G4ASR
VHF Manager, RSGB  




________________________________
From: Peter Bowyer <peter at bowyer.org>
To: "uk-contest at contesting.com" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, 8 May, 2009 10:09:25 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Domineering VHF Contest Stations

That'll be the 2m UK Cumulatives, which I wrote the rules for prior to
their introduction in 1999-ish. They featured 3 points per UK contact,
1 point per non-UK contact, with postcode multipliers (hence no mults
for non-UK contacts).

They ran for 2 or 3 years, suffered from severe lack of support, and
were superceded by the 2m UKACs which were timed to overlap with the
NAC and other European events to capitalise on the activity already
present in near-Eu.

You can't win 'em all, clearly.

Peter G4MJS
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