[VHFcontesting] re. W3ZZ's QST contesting article (Tom Carney)

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/03 12:04:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, n0jk at hotmail.com 
writes:

> 
> The "high sunspot activity" theory does not explain why log submissions are 
> 
> down for the Sept. and Jan. VHF contests, as these are not "Es driven." 


There is a completely separate factor (no doubt one of many) behind this.  
During high sunspot years, VHF contests may indeed seem painfully slow 
compared to running 100+ hours on 10 meters during a major DX contest.  

But in a few years, when DX contests (especially on phone) are reduced to 
battling for one of a limited number of available frequencies, and when 
keeping the rate up to 20 per hour for much of the time becomes a challenge, 
VHF contests won't seem like such a bad deal.


73  -  Jim  K8MR