[VHFcontesting] VI VHF Contest activity

[jon jones]

>Hi Jon and others,
>I think this KP2 under reporting  points up a problem with VHF contests in 
>that
>casual operators may not send in a score. The result is that activity is 
>under
>reported.

Dave is right - and I suspect many "casual operators" never send in a log. 
It surprises me that none of the KP2 ops sent in a log. For several of them, 
they went to the trouble and expense of flying down there and setting up a 
station.

>A person could send in his score simply by tabulating contacts and grids 
>per
>band. The score would automatically be tabulated, and the results could be
>published in the Web Report at arrl.org. Sounds simple to me. It is easy to 
>do.
>There would be no excuse to not send in a log.

An interesting idea. For those logging on paper - there is now a Cabrillo 
Web Forms.

http://b4h.net/cabforms/

Hopefully there will be web form for the VHF contests.

>Most casual operators are not interested in winning anything, but seeing ur 
>call up in lights, even >on a web page,

Seeing your call in QST is more of an incentive. I still am disappointed QST 
took the "line scores" out of the print contest write-ups.  Not quite the 
same seeing it on a web page.

- NØJK