[VHFcontesting] Magic in the September VHF Contest

[Zack Widup]

Increasing participation ... it's going to have to happen by bringing new
people in. Ken W9GA had the right idea in the 10 GHz contest last weekend.
He had a couple ham friends who aren't microwavers ride along with him as
he worked people in the contest. They rode along with me and Pete K9PW for
a while. Hopefully the bug bit them.

I've done talks at a couple local ham clubs about VHF operation and
contesting. Guess I need to do more. And invite people to see my station in
operation. I got interested in just that way decades ago when I visited
Jack W9YF (now a SK) working 2 meter meteor scatter.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Keith Morehouse
<w9rm at calmesapartners.com>wrote:

> All you guys can write volumes, post incessantly and wax fond of the 'good
> old days' and the 'magic of radio' all you want.
>
> But, if you recall, this all started as a discussion on how to INCREASE VHF
> CONTEST PARTICIPATION.  Regardless of what all the purists and hot shot
> contesters think, I believe allowing expanded use of assistance will do
> just that - bring more casual op's into the game.  It certainly increased
> HF participation !
>
> Jay W9RM
>
> Keith J Morehouse
> via Nexus7
> On Sep 27, 2013 12:43 PM, "jon jones" <n0jk at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Todd, KØKAN EM19 worked AA4ZZ EM96 in the VHF contest on 144, 222 and 432
> > MHz Saturday night Sept. 14 (15th UTC)
> >  on a narrow tropo duct. He found AA4ZZ "the old fashioned way" -  by
> > tuning his radio.
> >
> > "Absolute high point of the weekend... Heard AA4ZZ *calling CQ* on 2
> meter
> > SSB
> >  Saturday evening. I called him, he called back but had trouble with my
> > call, so I called
> > back on CW. Made the QSO, moved to 432. Then moved to 222. Also worked on
> > CW.
> > EM19 to EM96 on 144, 432 and 222 MHz... " - KØKAN
> >
> > To me these contacts Todd made are the magic of VHF/UHF and what make the
> > contest special.
> >
> >  - NØJK
> >
> >
> > > When you show someone ham radio - a lot of the magic is that you can
> > > tune around the radio and hear stations and call them and make
> > > contacts at random with people that you do not know.
> > >
> > > If you have to send an email or call someone on the phone to get them
> > > on the radio so you can show the radio off kind of takes the edge off
> > > the magic.  It sends the message that you have to have the internet or
> > > the cell phone or something to even make a radio contact. That just
> > > seems wrong.  We already have a lot of hams that think they have to
> > > use DX spotting systems to find and work DX. - K5TR
> >
> >
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