[VHFcontesting] Tips for first timer in UHF only event?

[Bob Mantell]

I just put up a new yagi for 432, and currently only have a FM rig for 222.   
 
My question is this: every 432 contact I have ever made was a move up from 2 meters, or set up by chatroom, email or phone.   I do not see making many 222 fm contacts with 25 watts and 5 element yagi setup vertical that I will be moving up to 432.
 
Am I wrong about the 223,5 FM contacts?  Will there be lots of ops coming out of the woodwork to use this seeming dead band for the contest?  So far in 6 weeks, I have only had one station to contact on simplex 1.25,  75 miles north to a station I often chat with on 146.520 FM, But he only works FM vhf/UHF.
 
Does 2 meters still get used as a contact point to rally move ups?   I heard lots of traffic there during to June VHF/UHF event for contacts being made up to 1.2g and some higher attempts.   
 
 
Are there rules against setting up skeds during the event in chat rooms?  If not where do I look to find where the SE 432 contacts would be during the event?
 
Is it considered  bad VHF/UHF form to hang out where Big Guns are and call people after they work them?  or follow them when they change bands? I have never heard a pile up on 432, so far, but I keep up the hope!.  
 
Most ops seem very willing to help others make contacts on 2 meters and up, which makes the world above 50MHz more fun than the contesting on lower bands .
 
I tell my ham buddies it more like "contacting" on 144 and up, not the "59, thanks, 73" contesting you hear on HF
 
73 de Bob,
 
 K4ESA EM74qc
 
Bob Mantell
k4esa at yahoo.com