[VHFcontesting] Please, say it ain't so [was:Think about this a bit....]

[Ron Hooper]

Zack

I think we share the same thought about getting on in the contest.

I would like to see rovers encouraged to get on the bands above 432
so perhaps I could get a new grid. I still need my own grid on a couple of
bands now. The same discussion came about when the fixed stations were
allowed to be limited. It clearly discouraged the operation of the bands
above 432.

After reading some of the mail posted, I realized that the contacts I made
in September 2008 contest did not count for those that worked me. I did not
turn in the log.

Perhaps the NEW distance scoring contest that Kevin has worked so hard to
organize will come about soon.

Ron



On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just think the ARRL is trying to make everyone happy all the time and it
> ain't gonna work.
>
> People complain that they feel excluded because they have no chances of
> winning one category, so ARRL creates a category where they might have a
> chance. Then someone else complains because they feel that's discouraging
> operation on all bands. I suppose if a fix for that is suggested, someone
> else will complain about it too.
>
> All I'm going to do is get on and operate. I'll be Single-Op Portable
> (QRP) in June with all bands from 6m thru 10 GHz. I hope to make a few
> QSO's
> and hope not to get hit by lightning or a windmill generator knocked down
> by
> a tornado. I hope a few Rovers are out and about to give me a few QSO's
> too. That's all I ask for.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Ev Tupis <w2ev at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > > From: Mike (KA5CVH) Urich <ka5cvh at gmail.com>
> > ...
> > > Truthfully,
> > >
> > > The contacts made from contests are used to prove to the
> > > FCC that we actually use the bands, thus my comment on
> > > 222 earlier this week.
> >
> > Mike, I really wished you hadn't said that.  I've heard that from many
> > sources, and that scares me.
> >
> > I receive ARRL mailings asking me to contribute to the spectrum defense
> > fund.
> >
> > I see ARRL rules changes that either outright legislate (L/Rover) or
> > strongly encourage (L/MO) operation on only the bottom 4 VHF bands.
> >
> > This is just nuts, if true.
> >
> > Ev, W2EV
> >
> >
> >
> >
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