[VHFcontesting] VHF Contesting: Fixing the Grid Circling Problem

[Zack Widup]

Hi Erich,

Yep, I plan on being active at least one weekend of the 10+ GHz contest 
and hopefully both weekends.

I've been choosing sites in the Chicago area.  Some people will be on both 
shores of Lake Michigan.  I'm planning on a few choice hilltop locations.

I expect a few curious passers-by as we had in my Bald Knob excursion in 
the June contest.  Hopefully none of them think I'm a terrorist! I'm all 
set with the "emergency communications drill" routine as we discussed on 
the microwave reflector recently.  :)

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, KA6AMD wrote:

> Hello Zack,
> 
> There is already an ARRL contest that has all of this.  Its the 10GHz
> contest.  You exchange 6 digit grid coordinates, scoring is by distance, you
> have to be at least 1 km from other station, you get points for each unique
> call you work, and you have to move the station 10 miles before you can
> contact the same stations again.
> 
> Seems like this would solve the problem of grid circling completely, but
> allow the rovers significant freedom.  The biggest downside is that it could
> skew the contest to 6M with high distance scores if prop was good.  You
> would probably have to keep the increasing point mults with frequency.
> 
> Erich
> KA6AMD
>