[VHFcontesting] Drumming up FM activity for contests

[Radiosporting Fan]

FM is the mode most likely to draw new blood into the
hobby for the forseeable future.  "Mode snobbery" is
counterproducteive to both one's score for the present
contest as well as being unlikely to increase the
narrowband participation in one's area for future
events.

Go to the masses.  Encourage them.  Draw them to our
interests.  Welcome them.  Teach them.  Kick butt by
putting their callsigns into your log. :)

Ev, W2EV

--- Jeff Embry <jeffrey.embry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Perhaps I am a snob or a purist, but I don't
> particularly care for the use of 
> FM in contests....and truth be told I bought a dual
> band HT at Dayton a few 
> years ago and after listening to the garbage that
> evening, I never went back 
> to FM and personally have little use for it.  I am
> also quite disappointed in 
> how many folks don't use, or don't understand, CW in
> a contest...especially 
> on the higher bands,
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Embry
> WI2T
> FM19je
> FPQRP # -696
> NAQCC #25
> AMSAT LM-2263
> 
> On Saturday 19 February 2005 23:39, Eric Smith
> wrote:
> > At least in the Pacific Northwest,  on 2 meters,
> 146.58 is
> > used extensively when activity on SSB goes away...
>  lots of
> > contest traffic on 223.5 also.
> > Eric
> > KB7DQH
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:25:21 -0800
> >
> >  "Tom Carney" <tomc7 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > I'm not so sure opening up the National calling
> freq is a
> > > good idea.  There
> > > is a bit of activity on .52 out here (SF Bay
> area).  The
> > > risk you run is
> > > that you *iss off the very people you want to
> give you a
> > > Q.   We even moved
> > > off of .55 because of negative reaction to using
> it.  Use
> > > of .52 is not
> > > explicitly prohibited during the Sprints.  I
> tried
> > > calling on .52 last
> > > spring but got no responses.
> > >
> > > I've concluded that the vast majority of hams on
> FM
> > > aren't interested in
> > > contesting.  As such, it's difficult to get them
> to give
> > > you a Q.  That's
> > > the story out here but, I thought, there was
> considerable
> > > FM contest
> > > activity in other areas of the country??  If
> there is
> > > some standard FM
> > > contest freqs in other parts of the country,
> lets try
> > > them.
> > >
> > > 73,  Tom  K6EU/r
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <KA2AEV at aol.com>
> > > To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 3:22 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Drumming up FM
> activity for
> > > contests
> > >
> > > > No arguement from me on opening up the
> National Calling
> > >
> > > Frequency
> > >
> > > > Seems as if it would definately drum up some
> type of
> > >
> > > activity
> > >
> > > > Activity levels even up here in NYCity are low
> on
> > >
> > > 146.52
> > >
> > > > 73 de Mike
> > > > KA2AEV
> > > >
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