[VHFcontesting] 10 Meters in ARRL VHF Contests

[Bob K0NR - email list]

On 9/20/2013 3:05 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>
> I would definitely have to agree with us.  Logic would tell us that there 
> should be more participation on the VHF/UHF bands then there used to be, given 
> the availablity and cost of all mode rigs combining HF/6m/2m/70cm. Now 6m 
> activity has really increased over what it used to be, but I think that 2m and 
> 70cm has decreased since I started VHF contesting in the mid 80s. I saw a 
> FT100D for sale today for $425.  Who would have dreamed 15 years ago of 
> getting on 6m with 100 watts, 2m with 50 watts and 432 with 20 watts for 
> $425?  In a box smaller than the TR9130 I used to have?

    I have to conclude that VHF Contesting is no fun.
    <runs for cover>

    73, Bob K0NR