[VHFcontesting] [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules

[Bob Mantell]

I agree that the option for 1.2 for the TS-2000X owners would give beginning rovers a one box, 4 band rig.  The 220 band must have a better lobbyist that the 1.2 band?
 
  To get more 706/857/897 owners interested, a true starter rover class of 50, 144 and 432 only would have been a better idea.   LOTS of folks riding around with those rigs in their cars.

73 de Bob,
 
 K4ESA EM74qc
 
Bob Mantell
k4esa at yahoo.com
 

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:


From: Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules
To: "Russ Pillsbury" <russk2t at comcast.net>
Cc: "'Les Rayburn'" <les at highnoonfilm.com>, "'Kutzko, Sean, KX9X'" <kx9x at arrl.org>, vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu, "'VHF Contesting Reflector'" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 8:29 PM


The problem I see with this rule is the bands they selected.  Not that many folks have access to 222.  All of your popular all-band radios now have 1296 though.  I would have rather seen 50, 144, 432 and 1296 or allowing the station to choose four out of the five.  Can anyone explain this???????????

Steve, N4JQQ, EM55

Russ Pillsbury wrote:
> I've gotta say that this rule does not make sense to me.  Why should limited
> stations be restricted to the bottom four bands?  If it is a 4 band limit,
> that should be good enough.  Why could not they choose 144, 222, 432, 1296,
> for instance.  I do not see how that would give anyone an unfair advantage
> over the guy who is on six meters instead of 1296!
> 
> Sometimes I do not think these committees really think things over very
> throughly.  The objective should be to improve activity - on any band that
> the participants can muster.  And I never saw anyone asking for comments on
> this idea before implemenation.  Why not?
> 
> Russ K2TXB
> 
> 
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu [mailto:owner-vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Les Rayburn
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:45 PM
>> To: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu; VHF Contesting Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules
>> 
>> I'd like to congratulate the league on these steps. The original idea behind the limited rover category was to allow newcomers like myself to try their hand at roving, and still be competitive. Removing the loophole that allowed
>> (legally) stations to equip rovers with the highest bands for larger point totals should help serve that original intent.
>> 
>> This may alter my own plans for the June contest. Can I now ask a newbie question? If I chose to make contacts on higher bands such as 1.2ghz or 10ghz but not submit them for points in my log, can other stations still legally claim those contacts?
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> EM63nf
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Kutzko, Sean, KX9X" <kx9x at arrl.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:20 PM
>> To: <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>; "VHF Contesting Reflector" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules
>> 
>>     
>>> Hi folks-
>>> 
>>> The ARRL Programs and Services Committee approved the       
>> following VUAC's     
>>> recommendations to the ARRL VHF Contest program:
>>> 
>>> 1) Limited Rover: Limited Rovers will now be able to enter       
>> only on the     
>>> four lowest bands for any given ARRL VHF contest. For January, June and September, this means 6 Meters, 2 Meters, 220 MHz and       
>> 432 MHz. For     
>>> the August UHF Contest, this means 220 MHz, 432 MHz, 902       
>> MHz and 1.2 GHz.
>>     
>>> 2) Club Competition is now permitted in the August UHF Contest.
>>> 
>>> These changes take effect immediately, and have been noted       
>> on the ARRL     
>>> web site. Stations planning to enter as limited Rover in       
>> the 2009 ARRL     
>>> June VHF QSO Party should take note.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Sean Kutzko, KX9X
>>> Contest Branch Manager
>>> 
>>> ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
>>> 225 Main Street
>>> Newington CT 06111-1494
>>> Telephone: 860-594-0232
>>> Fax: 860-594-0259
>>> email:skutzko at arrl.org
>>> 
>>> Read the "Notes From The Contest Branch" blog at www.arrl.org/blog
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