[VHFcontesting] Re: Limited Multi Class

[Jacob Tennant]

This class has recently became of interest to me as my rover hopes are
falling short due to vehicle conditions and my want to have my own vhf
contesting station. I was happy to find this class of contesting station
available since I only have 6 & 2 meters so far and only 10watts on the 2
meter side at that.  So I can field a station as a Limited MultiOp even
thought I will probably be all by myself. Since it also leaves me the
ability to use packet cluster to see where the bands might be open to.

This is a hard thing for me to say as I have wanted to be a rover station
since getting bitten by the VHF weak signal bug in 1997, but common sense
tells me not to ruin my good car before I get a new one.

So hopefully I will be able to get something out for the upcoming contest
since I just bought my 2 meter radio last Saturday morning at a hamfest and
don't even have a antenna for it yet....

J.Tennant  K8JWT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Pillsbury" <k2txb at dxcc.com>
To: <KA0TP at aol.com>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
<vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>; <PDXHamInfo at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] Re: Limited Multi Class


> Tom, I never saw the original message but I do have a comment on it.
>
> He said:
>
> > < 4.  Either limit the number of bands allowed in the June contest to
> > < those below 1296, or make distinct classes for that.  The September
> > < contest could still be an all band affair.  January is already
> > < limited by crappy propagation and weather, which limits hilltop
> > < operations.  The reasoning is that it is just too much to expect an
> > < individual or small group to set-up and operate on all the bands when
> > < most of the attention will be on 6 meters.  Sure, everyone can come
> > < up with exceptions to that, but you shouldn't build contest rules
> > < around that.
>
> One of the worst things that has happened to the VHF contests recently is
> the limited multi-op category.  Stations that used to be on 1296 are no
> longer there.  They think their chances of winning are better with the
> limited category.  And they are right.  But I, for one, could care less
who
> wins the limited category - I don't even bother to look at their scores.
> Why is it that it is so important for these people to win that they are
> willing to stop doing something that is fun; work the contest to see what
> they can accomplish?
>
> I can tell you that it is very frustrating to work one mountain top
station
> after another and keep hearing "Sorry we aren't on 1296 (or 10 Ghz, or
> whatever) anymore. We are limited multi now."
>
> We used to encourage microwave activity, now we discourage it!  BAH!
>
> 73, Russ K2TXB
>
>
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