[VHFcontesting] 6meter

[Ron Hooper]

Hi Gabor

I would and have for years like to see distance based scoring for the VHF
contest. This keeps coming up and talked about but nothing ever happens.
Some of the issues are that contest logging software would need to be
developed and used by all entries. 6 digit grid square information may or
may not need to be used. The old record scores may or not stand. I think the
rover stratigy would change some but not so much for the fixed station. More
stations might seak higher locations or increase their antenna system to get
more distance. The guys in the less populated areas could take advange of
distance. I am sure there are many changes that would be involved but after
reading all the comments on ethics and rule interpetation on the reflector,
I doubt that we could ever make it work as a group.

For me working long distance on VHF and up is what it is all about.


Ron W4WA

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Gabor Horvath, VE7DXG <ve7dxg at rac.ca>
wrote:

> Wow, passionate replies...
> Yeah, I drove 300km to start the contet in a rare grid (CO60) just to find
> that instead of the 60 elements I got 15-20' above the car I would've got
> away with 5.
> A 6m opening greatly cuts down the number of 2m (and up) QSOs, especially
> the number of DX worked. I'm not gonna CQ off  .200 for 20 minutes for a
> lousy new grid when I can "run 'em" on 6m with my shiny new whip.
> It'd be nice to see a contest  with some sort of distance based scoring. We
> all know our 6 digit grid square (see Spring Sprints). Give 1p/km on 6m,
> 2p/km on 2, 3p/km on 432, etc. The Sprints might be a good start for such a
> system. I'd rather eke out an 300 mile CW contact on 2m then working 10
> guys
> in 2.5 minutes down the street.
> 73,
> Gabor, VE7DXG
>
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