[VHFcontesting] ARRL Board of Directors Meets; VUAC Sunsets

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I was pleased to see the "Get on 902" headline on the current QST, but was disappointed that the article, helpful as it was concerned itself solely with FM operation. 



73, Tim K0PG 



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From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> 
To: "VHF Contesting Reflector" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:23:13 PM 
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL Board of Directors Meets; VUAC Sunsets 

And it's really a shame. The majority of our available spectrum is up at 
VHF and above. There isn't near enough activity on these bands, especially 
above 23 cm. I have a feeling this topic will be discussed at the annual 
meeting of the Central States VHF Society this coming weekend. 

73, Zack W9SZ 


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Ken Kent - KA2LIM <ka2lim at stny.rr.com>wrote: 

> Does this really surprise you? They could care less about the VHF/UHF 'ers. 
> 
> Ken 
> KA2LIM 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On 
> Behalf 
> Of Les Rayburn 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:40 AM 
> To: VHF Contesting Reflector; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu 
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] ARRL Board of Directors Meets; VUAC Sunsets 
> 
> It appears that there was no discussion or action taken at the recent ARRL 
> Board of Directors meeting in regard to VHF Operating Awards, or 
> discussions 
> about VHF Contesting. Buried in the report of the meeting, there was 
> mention 
> that the BoD thanked the VHF UHF Advisory Committee for their work, and 
> that 
> the VUAC would sunset on July 31st. 
> 
> You can read the ARRL Report on the meeting here: 
> 
> 
> http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-names-award-winners-okays-lotw-initiativ 
> es 
> 
> 
> =========================================================================== 
> 
> I'm very disappointed that not only was there no discussion of the concerns 
> raised by many VHF Operators, but also that to date, my ARRL Division 
> Director has not bothered to even acknowledge the concerns. 
> Despite this inaction, all of us who are concerned about the future of VHF 
> Operation must continue to communicate our desires to the ARRL. The 
> squeaking wheel is the one that gets the grease. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> -- 
> 73, 
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF 
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