[UK-CONTEST] 59 reports on VHF

[Andy Cook G4PIQ]

I agree with Andy!

I've always given real reports at VHF - and I have a good few European  
first places on 2m in there too. It's one of the many things along  
with narrow antenna beamwidths, lower rate, a higher level of  
technical competence required, real new propagation modes to be  
explored etc. that makes VHF and above contesting different (not  
better or worse) from HF contesting. It's these things which mean that  
the rules which apply to HF contesting shouldn't automatically apply  
to VHF and above contests (and yes - I'm talking about the use of  
ON4KST and the like!)

73

Andy, G4PIQ

On 5 May 2010, at 09:32, "Andy GD0TEP" <andy at gd0tep.com> wrote:

>>> It may have been that way when  you and I were a lot younger,
>>> and before computer logging became the norm -  but those days are  
>>> long
> gone.
>
> I disagree!
>
>>> Well, as I said, either you're "in" the contest or  you're not.   
>>> It you
> want to win,
>>> you make the exchange as  simple and as consistent as possible  
>>> within the
> rules.
>>> Anything else  is likely to slow the QSO rate.  I expect this  
>>> applies to
> VHF  contesting also.
>
> As we're talking about 59 reports on VHF, once again I disagree!
>
>> From 1997 to 2008 the Northern Lights contest group (a mix of
> MD6V/MD8V/MD0V) won the RSGB 50mhz trophy contest TEN times, with  
> two near
> misses. There's also a few concurrent IARU wins in that list as  
> well. Each
> contest was complete with real reports given out, so again, I say that
> giving out a real report DOES NOT affect the QSO rate.
>
> But then perhaps the whole ethos of VHF operating in general is some  
> what
> different to HF...
>
>
> 73,
> Andy
> http://gd0tep.com
>
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