[VHFcontesting] No Controversy for The ARRL 10 GHz and AboveContest?

John Geiger ne0p at lcisp.com
Sun Aug 14 19:55:03 EDT 2005


But how much Eskip do we generally get in the Jan or Sept contests?  And
10ghz requires a much smaller antenna for going to the moon.

73s John NE0P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
To: "VHF Contesting e-Mail List" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] No Controversy for The ARRL 10 GHz and
AboveContest?


>
> In all except the UHF contest, those West Texas rovers can work a very
> large area on 6 meters.  Much larger than they could on 10 GHz.
>
> Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Radiosporting Fan wrote:
>
> > --- Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The 10 GHz contest is quite different from any other
> > > contest.  For one thing, the number of stations
> > > available is usually limited.
> >
> > But that can be said for a group of west Texas rovers,
> > too.  Why the outcry over grid circling in VHF
> > contests, but no controversy in the 10-GHz contest
> > where ratios of 10 loggings per callsign were
> > celebrated as an accomplishment?
> >
> > Again...I'm asking out of curiosity.  I'm not
> > complaining in the least.
> >
> > Ev, W2EV
> >
>
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