[VHFcontesting] Insights to Consider

[Ev Tupis]

>>Imagine the outcry in the HF community if the committee 
>>that heavily influenced THEIR future was made up of Technician-class 
>>operators. <giggle>

> Kenneth Harker replied:
> This implies that the committee looking into potential VHF contest rules 
> changes lacks the qualifications to do so.  I think this is patently false.

/cajole on
The only thing that is patently false is your statement that twists my words out 
-of-context, resulting in the appearance that I am am individually impugning the 
reputation of those involved in the process.  So I guess I agree with you. :)
/cajole off

By reading my original message, you will note that I did NOT address their 
reputation negatively and in fact stated that their intent was honorable.  I 
believe that each is an Amateur Radio Patriot...doing what others can't (or 
won't) do.  I tip my hat to each individually and as a group.

What you seemed to miss is the perceptive-undercurrent that VHF+ decisions are 
being made within an HF context.  This doesn't work.  The issues are different. 
  I believe that HF contests get 10k+ logs because the contests are designed for 
HF operation.  I believe that VHF contests get 2.5k logs because they are 
designed for HF operation and just tweaked a little.  Turn the tables and I 
believe that HF contests would be at the 2.5k level and VHF would be at the 10k+ 
level.

I am simply suggesting that somebody (most probably those people who have 
already been charged by the MSC) would be best served to step back, take a 
breath and "re-tool" by not being afraid to untether from their HF roots when 
examining a 21st century VHF-centric world.

Someone (or group of someone's) needs to be a risk taker, a leader, a visionary. 
  Willing to think for the future rather than appeasing the aging masses of the 
present.  That is how business survives.  That is how we will, too.

Ev Tupis, W2EV