[VHFcontesting] Vhf com. members

[John Geiger]

And CW was very beneficial in the aurora events we
have had the past week.

73s John NE0P
>From the mostly aurora free zone of EM04

--- Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Mike Clarson wrote:
> 
> > 
> > While on the subject of league bashing, I spent
> the first 15 years of my 43
> > year ham career as a Technician, and, I have
> always resented the second
> > class status. Couldn't hold league office, not
> eligible for most awards or
> > appointments etc. Now that Tech's don't have to
> know CW, I suspect they have
> > even less status now. Yet is these Techs that are
> largely untapped in VHF
> > contests.
> > 
> 
> People who don't know CW are missing QSO's in VHF
> contests.  If that's all 
> right with them, it's all right with me.  Gives me
> more QSO's they don't 
> make!
> 
> CW is the mode of choice when the band conditions
> aren't hot on all bands 
> 144 MHz and up.  I'll often hear someone call CQ on
> SSB and try to work 
> them but can't get through.  Then I call them on CW
> and they usually 
> either answer on SSB or on CW.  But cross-mode QSO's
> are all OK in VHF 
> contests.
> 
> 73, Zack W9SZ
> 
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