[VHFcontesting] Subject: Re: vhf/uhf activity

[John Geiger]

--- WB4UNA at aol.com wrote:

>      
>  
>  They can stick a  wire
> in the air and work 
> stations on hf with ease. 

And you can do that with 6 meters also.

It is a lot more to 
> working vhf/uhf. You have to spend 
> time and money to get a station on the  air that you
> are happy with.
>   I have had hams here  at my qth and they  would
> say they would never work 
> vhf/uhf for that reason. 

After you have done 5BWAS and over 300 countries on
HF, you are always looking for different challanges. 
HF gets boring after awhile because it is too
predictable.  There is nothing like the excitement of
a 2 meter band opening or an unexpected Es event on
6m.

73s John W5TD


 
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