[VHFcontesting] A Warmup to the January VHF SS?

[Ev Tupis]

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Would anyone be interested in a warmup to the January VHF SS, with a twist?

I've been asked to find out if there would be enough interest in running a 4-hour sprint-style VHF contest with DX-ZONE based scoring (similar to the Stu Perry Top Band DX Challenge that is running this weekend).  With a decidedly VHF twist to the "zones"...

QSO's made to less than 100km = 1 point
QSO's made out to 200km = 2 points
QSO's made out to 300km = 3 points
QSO's made out to 400km = 4 points
...
QSO's made out to 10000km = 200 points
You get the idea.

No EME or satellite.

A free windows-based logging software system would be made available to calculate scores for you (and it would include an Internet component to display results against competitors in realtime as a scoreboard).

PLEASE RELPY DIRECT.

What is "enough" interest?  50 positive replies (without commitment to actually do it -- how easy is that!), which should be a good gauge given that this e-mail is going to over 1,000 vhf-interested hams.

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Thanks!
Ev, W2EV

PS: there aren't any particulars yet...this is just a general inquiry.

PPS: PLEASE REPLY DIRECT :)

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