[VHFcontesting] No -- Don't Move the January Contest

[Lloyd Berg N9LB]

An alternate idea would be to create a "Winter 6M Contest" on the 1st 
weekend of January to improve the odds of e-skip.  I've noticed that 
when 6M opens up, activity on the other VHF bands all suffer from a loss 
of activity, so lets provide an alternate 6M event for us 6M junkies to 
get our winter operating fix, and leave the All-Band January VHF contest 
right where it is.

I'd especially like to avoid a conflict with the CQ-CW-160 contest. 
Like many other VHF'ers, I also enjoy the extra challenge of operating 
160M and I try to participate in as many 160M events as possible.

My first, main, and tallest tower is the one tower that supports the 
VHF/UHF stack and is gamma matched for 160M & 80M operation.  These 
bands form the core and emphasis of the Amateur Radio career.

BTW... I'm still working on DXCC on 160M and 6M, just another reason I 
would like to be able to continue devoting full attention to both 160M 
and 6M events.

73

Lloyd - N9LB


On 1/28/2013 6:18 PM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
> I am a relative newbie to VHF contesting, so no problem moving it as 
> far
> as I am concerned.
>
> HOWEVER - take a look at the contest calender.
>
> First weekend - ARRL RTTY Roundup
> Second weekend - ARRL NAQP CW
> Third weekend - ARRL NAQP SSB
> Fourth weekend - CQ 160 CW
>
> Keeping in it January means sharing with a major contest.  Making it 
> the
> fourth weekend means sharing with the CQ 160 contest, and I think the 
> hard
> core contesters have already shown where their loyalties lie.
>
> I don't follow professional sports - I prefer RADIO sport :-)
>
> Tom - VE3CX
>
>
>
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