[VHFcontesting] Question to the group

[Paul Kiesel via VHFcontesting]

Hi Terry,
I guess the majority responders to your question already have invested into buying the equipment necessary to operate on the higher bands. And I also guess that those who haven't made such an investment may have already decided they wouldn't do so, anyway.

Here is my thought on the matter. If it is possible for a station to have more QSOs and get more multipliers while working a single band in a contest, the scoring regime needs to be revisited if a station using more than one band can achieve a higher score than the single band station while gathering fewer QSOs and fewer multipliers (total) than he. 
73, Paul K7CW



      From: "w8zn54 at verizon.net" <w8zn54 at verizon.net>
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 Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 5:53 PM
 Subject: [VHFcontesting] Question to the group
   
Does anyone feel that giving extra points for 2.3G and up has out lived it's usefulness? You can order a complete high quality transverter system from DEMI or DB6NT and it's easier to work folks on 10GHz in the 10GHz contest than trying to catch them on 2m!!! It just seems that adding another band which automatically gives you more Q's and grids is enough of a bonus. When getting on the microwaves required an engineering degree and $20K in test equipment, I would agree but now it just seems a relic.
 
Thoughts?

Terry Price
W8ZN - ex K8ISK/WD8ISK
1.8 MHZ - 47 GHz - FM18dv
Member of the K8GP Contest Group
FM19bb
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