[VHFcontesting] 10 Meters in ARRL VHF Contests

[Doug MacKinnon]

 I do not believe adding more bands will help in any way ouside of making a bad situation worse by giving you more spectrum not to have qso's on. The key is lack of participation by the amateur community in general. Only real enthusiasts operate the contests. Most new rigs of today have the vhf/uhf bands and modes in them, but the people are not pushing the buttons. I called cq extensively on fm from FN03 during the Sept VHF contest without a single reply.

What the hell good is it giving us more spectrum when so few are using what we have already. Spend your time and efforts in an effort to get people to push those buttons and get on regardless of what they have as equipment or what we have as spectrum

 

Just my 2 cents worth

Doug 

VE3GJ/R