[Mw] Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL Membership Services Committee VHF/UHF Award...

[N3YBE]

This say's it all!!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "N. Spokes" <gnspokes at earthlink.net>
To: <microwave at wa1mba.org>
Cc: "Bill Seabreeze" <w3iy at fcc.net>; <packrats at mailman.qth.net>;
<dcmicrowave at mailman.qth.net>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
<dhenderson at arrl.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Mw] Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL Membership Services Committee
VHF/UHF Award...


> To promote VHF operation by hams, I have suggested a GOTA (get on the air)
> VHF station add-on to Field Day. How about a 2 X VHF multiplier for each
VHF
> contact, a 4 X for >900 MHz and a 10 X for 10 GHz and above?  (That would
be
> on top of 4 points for a <150 W CW contact.)  40 points for a single 10
GHz
> CW contact would give the 'VHF station' some respect, not now accorded.
I'm
> not much of a contester, but would enjoy bringing my VHF and 10GHz systems
> to FD for extra points and fun.  In the past, people have been much too
busy
> making HF contacts to give VHF anything but a minor nod of acceptance at
FD
> (and in general) a 6 m station only gets us 200 points vs 1000's for a
> 'real' HF radio contact.   FD is the major annual operating social event
for
> many clubs - it's the one an only "y'all come" event for our local club.
>
> BTW - Yeah! We enjoy seeing in print how well our club station, W4VA, did
in
> the FD QST issue.
> Neil.
>
>
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