[VHFcontesting] Pre-contest skeds

[Tree N6TR]

> And obviously, something I forgot to mention, making skeds during the
> contest using other than amateur means is against the rules.

I guess I don't understand what the difference is between making skeds
during the contest using non-amateur means, and making them before the
contest using non-amateur means.  To me, the contest starts at a certain
time, and you try to work as many guys as you can.  Doing a bunch of work
ahead of time before the contest isn't part of the contest.

Oh HF - doing this is not considered to be fair.

On VHF - it is.

Those of us coming from HF will feel that making skeds ahead of time
is wrong.  Those who have been working VHF for a long time will feel
it is what has always been done.

We each get to make our own choices.  

I think I have tried one or two skeds during a contest - and no QSOs
came out of it.  I have decided I would rather operate the contest
without these - and use my radios to the best of my ability to 
initiate as many QSOs as I can.  This includes moving people to as
many bands as possible during the contest.

Others will choose different paths - and that is okay, as long as no
rules are being violated.  Some contests have rules against skeds,
others don't.

73 Tree N6TR
tree at kkn.net