[VHFcontesting] CQ VHF Contest, a two band contest

[Zack Widup]

Not so; the single-band Sprints have been fairly popular - around here 
anyway - and gaining popularity.

I'm not set up to do a full-blown Rover operation with all the bands I 
have (50 through 10368 MHz and almost done with 24 GHz). However, I did 
operate as a Rover in last year's CQWW VHF.  I had to set up the antennas 
for the two bands and tear them down each time I drove my Toyota Corolla 
to a new grid square. It took about a half hour to set up and a half hour 
to tear down each time. I still had a blast, but if I'd done it for more 
than two bands I'd have only made it to a couple grid squares.

I'm hoping to make it on as a Hilltopper on Saturday night but work has 
kept me so busy, even on weekends, that I'm doubtful about it this 
weekend. Oh well ...

73, Zack W9SZ


On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Eric NM5M wrote:

> I still fail to understand why adding a 3rd or 4th band is so difficult.
> Individuals can always decide which bands to have operational.   If two
> bands are all you can do then that is fine, however restricting the format
> to only two bands because its simple keeps this contest from being more
> popular.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric NM5M
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Embry" <jeffrey.embry at gmail.com>
> To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] CQ VHF Contest, a two band contest
>
>
>> I like the two-band approach primarily for the simplicity.  I don't
>> have to worry about antennas for other bands and I don't have to worry
>> about requesting moves to multiple bands.  Sometimes a laid back
>> contest is just what the doctor ordered.
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Embry, K3OQ