[VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint and Spotting

[Ron Klimas WZ1V]

Hi Keith: I agree. VHF and above is a very small pond, 
ON4KST currently has the largest participation IMO. 
We need to pool together, not diversify. 
-73, Ron WZ1V

----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Morehouse <w9rm at calmesapartners.com>
To: "vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:41:00 -0600
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint and Spotting

> The WORST thing we could do is create a bunch of redundant, local chat
> or spotting pages. We need everybody on the same "page" when it comes
> to contest spotting.  For me, accessing one page for the west coast
> when pointing west, and accessing a different page while pointing
> another direction isn't going to happen.
> 
> For the time being, ON4KST's excellent chat pages:
> http://www.on4kst.com/chat/start.php
> is the BEST resource, IMO  and is already used by a large number of
> people (1000's).  There are dedicated pages for different regions of
> the world and different bands within those regions.
> 
> As to how to "filter" the information, one will just have to do the
> best they can, for now.
> 
> Jay W9RM DM58
> 
> 
> Keith J Morehouse
> Managing Partner
> Calmesa Partners G.P.
> Olathe, CO
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Marshall-K5QE <k5qe at k5qe.com> wrote:
> >
> > Because VHF is regional by nature(except for EME), posting to a national
> > resource(cluster, chat page, reflector, whatever) is not going to be
> > productive.  For those of us in TX, it does not do much good for 
someone in
> > WA to post their desire for meteor scatter contacts.  Clearly, the 
reverse
> > is true as well.  I have been mulling this problem over in my mind and 
have
> > not come up with any great solution.
> >
> > I have thought that we might have regional chat pages where you can 
look for
> > stations in your general region.  For meteor scatter, we might have
> > something like west coast, central US, and east coast. Clearly, for 
many,
> > these areas overlap.  I can see problems with this idea, but if everyone
> > posts everything to PingJockey, 1)their server will probably collapse, 
2)the
> > posts would be running up the screen so fast that you would never see 
anyone
> > that you wanted to work, even if they were there.S contacts will have
> > chat pages / reflectors dedicated to just that.  I just don't know how 
this
> > should be made to work.  We have lots of bright guys out there, now is 
the
> > time for us to figure this one out.....
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