[VHFcontesting] Question to the group

[Bob K0NR - email list]

I told myself I wasn't going to get sucked into another discussion of 
The Right Scoring Formula for VHF contests. :-)

I will point out that the ARRL rules have been trending towards creating 
"limited" or "3 band" entry categories that essentially take the higher 
frequencies off the table.

73, Bob K0NR

On 2/22/2015 2:14 PM, Tom Holmes wrote:
> It is interesting to me that a couple of the big unlimited multi-op stations
> have dropped back into the limited class in the last couple of years, citing
> the poor return on the effort expended. One in the south, the other near the
> east coast. And maybe some others I haven't noticed.
>
> That implies that either there is very little activity (well of course there
> is less than on 2 or 6!) or the added points still don't give them a chance
> to beat W2SZ.
>
> Each of us has our own ideas about the payoff for the higher bands but
> aren't we really all here to stir up activity so that we don't lose our
> allocations to some corporate suits? If reduced points for those bands
> reduces the activity, I think we've gone the wrong direction.
>
> Tom Holmes, N8ZM
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of w8zn54 at verizon.net
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> 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
>