[VHFcontesting] One "Idiot's" Reply - The Real WTX Story

[John Geiger]

So what other options do those who live west of the
Mississippi river have?  If you want to play contest
here it gets fairly slow and boring (except is June if
you have a good 6 meter opening) unless you build a
superstation.  The activity is just lacking here.  If
you want to do much above 432, you almost have to
equip the other stations.  This is a whole different
contest experience for stations outside of 1,2,3, 8
and parts of 4 land.

And if you want to fully develop a UHF band, you first
have to put the money into developing a good signal on
2 meters, since that is where you are going to move
the 222mhz or UHF activity from.  You just don't hear
people calling CQ on 432 around here, except in the
432 sprint, and sometimes in the UHF contest.

We almost need 2 or 3 different contests to run
simultaneouly, 1 for each region of the country. 
There is no way a rover in Texas, Oregon, or Utah is
going to be able to compete with an East Coast station
without using something like grid circling.

If you don't like the fact that you were beaten by
someone who used grid circling, go out and do it
yourself.  A couple of east coast rovers who go out
grid circling, plus working all of the other stations
they hear, should be able to run up a phenomenial
score.

73s John NE0P
Grid EM04to
--- Dave Wendling <kb1eaa at berkshire.rr.com> wrote:

> N6MU1 at aol.com wrote:
> __________
> >This "idiot" is proud to be part of the group that
> raised the roving bar this 
> >year.
> >Many hours were spent calling hundreds of CQs on
> six and two meters with NO 
> >answers.
> 
> 
> Raise the bar! Are you sure you didn't start at a
> bar?  You would have to be drunk or an "idiot" to
> build a 10 band rover station, then drive it out in
> the middle of nowhere and call cq hundreds of times!
> Were you hoping UFO's were going to hear you?  Then
> You drive around in circles making contact with the
> same guys over and over! Were you just confused or
> still drunk? 
> 
> Give me a break! Your reply Is  a sorry excuse for a
> defense of your actions.  Where is your sense of
> fair play? Don't you have any self respect? 
> 
> Dave Wendling KB1EAA
> Home of Palm Rover Software
> http://kb1eaa.com
> 
> 
> 
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