[UK-CONTEST] 144Mhz Trophy --lack of activity

[Tim Hugill]

Rising to the bait...

John, well said sir.

David, 
while we listened for days on end to 144MHz white noise in the remote parts
of GW, I remember someone older and wiser than me once once told us, 
"If you can work all you can hear on VHF, you need to improve your
Receiver".

(Now, must get back to listening on 50MHz for weak auroral signals.)

73 de Tim G4FJK


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In May this year our group won the 24GHz section of the 432MHz and
everything above contest. We had 4 qso's in 24 hours. Each contact was
interesting and in some cases challenging. One of them gave us our best ever
dx on the band.

I wouldn't swap that for 3-a-minute on 20m. What was that about fish in a
barrel ?

Hard hat at the ready !

John G4ZTR


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David G3YYD
Sent: 09 September 2011 19:18
To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 144Mhz Trophy --lack of activity

For me what makes a contest interesting is QSOs lots of them and 
technical/operator challenge. Do VHF contests make the grade? One or two 
get close. VHFNFD: the local club with 400 watts, 30m high mast, 4 
stacked beams on 2m, similar set up on 70cm, 4m & 6m and on the top of 
the highest hill for many miles. I think we made about 550QSOs on 2m in 
24 hours. I can do that in a few hours in a major HF contest. I can also 
operate two bands at the same time on HF (SO2R) virtually all VHF+ 
contests don't even enable me to work 2 bands at once so not much 
operator challenge.

 From home I have K3, very good 2m transverter and 350 watts to a single 
yagi at 65ft, but only 80m ASL. Everything I hear I can work. Even so I 
quickly work the band out and then think what now? I have lost interest 
in listening to the same stations I have already  worked and the noise 
between them. So I go QRT and do something more interesting. Do I come 
on next time there is VHF contest no not worth it. Much rather spend my 
effort (and brass) on a worthwhile HF contest.

Now convince me and many operators thinking the same as me that VHF+ 
contesting is worthwhile.

73 David G3YYD