[VHFcontesting] Sprectrum and Grid Circles

[pipkin29292 at mypacks.net]

Amazing !!
I can't believe the sprectrum topic got used to take a cheap shot at a group of dedicated hobbist that build impressive mobile stations to activate grids for the fun of it. Take it from a rover that does not circle, what they do is lots of work. I have no idea why one part of the hobby would attack another. This is one of the few hobbies that has something for everyone.
( CW, Phone, Digital, Emerg Com, Nets, Ragchew, Contest, Fixed, Rover, Repeaters, County Hunters, DX hunters and on and on. Pick one, enjoy, have fun, lighten up )

Happy New Year
Bob AH8M/R



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>The vast majority of the upper band contacts are made in an effort to inflate scores in ARRL contests by grid circling rovers.  The House sub committee should subpoena the VHF contest logs from the ARRl and look at the behavior of the grid circlers and captive rovers to determine if ham radio is using these frequencies in a way that benefits all the citizens of the united states that own the spectrum.
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>Its time to use it for a real purpose or give most of it back to people who will use it to benefit society in general.  And yes evil corporations benefit society by keeping the economy going, like them or not.  Ham radio operators have a long history of integrity, we should not allow the misrepresentation of the use of these uper frequencies to protect the scores of 10-20 operators in a contest to stand in the way of using these bands for the good of all americans.  We don't need more than a few mhz per band above 2.3 ghz.  
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>All hams and especially ARRL vhf users or not should be outraged by what is going on in the upper microwave bands in the name of ham radio.
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