[VHFcontesting] 10 Meters in ARRL VHF Contests

[Les Rayburn]

4 Meters would be awesome! Thought I guess it would take clearing up TV 
spectrum issues first---and we'd be limited to transverters (expect for 
that new Icom rig) for awhile, but it would sure make for some 
interesting propagation.

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF











On 9/19/2013 4:35 PM, Dan Evans wrote:
> The last time I remember this topic coming up was a few years ago. 
>  Funny how some of the topics cycle :-)
>
> At the time, several folks suggested that adding another "long 
> propagation" band would hurt the activity on the higher VHF/UHF bands. 
>   Kind of hard to argue that point.  I know it is real obvious when 6 
> opens, 2 and above activity dies.
>
> I hate to put forth an argument against adding 10 meters, as it is one 
> of my favorite bands.  It would be a pain to add much antenna to the 
> rover for 10, but I believe I would still give it a good shot if it 
> was available.  I would probably have to just go with a vertical whip 
> at the top of the mast...
>
> Another change I would like to see, which is probably even less likely 
> to happen, is adding 4 meters (70 Mhz) for North America VHF ops. 
>  I've never had the opportunity to try 4 meters, but would love to 
> give it a shot.  Guess I may have to take a trip to Europe:-)
>
> 73
> Dan
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>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>     *To:* vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, September 18, 2013 4:21 PM
>     *Subject:* [VHFcontesting] 10 Meters in ARRL VHF Contests
>
>     Really like Jack's suggestion.
>
>     With the exception of  few years out of a decade, 10 Meters performs
>     more like 6 Meters than an HF band anyway. Another factor is that
>     most
>     solar scientists are predicting the next solar cycle to be another
>     with
>     very low activity, adding weight to the argument that adding 10
>     Meters
>     to the VHF Contests might be a good idea.
>
>     Despite the efforts of folks like Ten-Ten, there is little
>     activity on
>     10 Meters in the months without e-skip.
>
>
>     -- 
>     --
>     73,
>
>     Les Rayburn, N1LF
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