[VHFcontesting] Contest Confusion

[jcplatt1 at mmm.com]

Check out "HF Contesting - Good Practices, Interpretations & Suggestions"
on the Leagues website at http://www.arrl.org/hf-operating-guidelines .

Here is a cut and paste from the pre-contest section -
> During any contest, it is perfectly acceptable to say, "I'll meet you on
frequency X at time Y" as long as it is done via the radio and according to
the contest rules. This form of scheduling is OK because it requires the
same skills, antennas and equipment used in the rest of the contest. Going
"outside" the contest bands and modes to arrange or solicit QSOs during the
contest is usually explicitly prohibited by the contest rules. Contest
rules may also explicitly prohibit certain practices, such as the use of
non-amateur means to solicit or arrange contacts. Prearranging contacts and
advertising specific operating times and frequencies shown to be of
questionable value, before the contest is discouraged. The reason these
practices are discouraged is that they bypass the skills of knowing how to
tune, judge propagation, and listen. In general, if by announcing your
information, another contester can tune to a specific frequency at a
specific time and work you, your information is too detailed. <

So while there are similarities between HF and VHF contesting there are
differences too.

73, Jon
W0ZQ