[VHFcontesting] Question to the group

[WA2TEO--- via VHFcontesting]

I understand the goal of increasing participation on the higher bands and  
support that. I think it would be a shame to negatively impact microwave  
activity in the contest since that is when most of the operating is done 
during  the year. 
 
Beyond that I always had the sense that the higher point value as frequency 
 increases had to do with effort/time to make the QSO. I just went back to 
my  January log and I checked 4, 10 band runs that I had. One took 18 
minutes,  another 20 minutes, and the other 2 23 and 25 minutes. In all cases the  
bottom 4 bands were complete in 2 or 3 minutes. The time on 5 and 10 ghz 
was  often 5 minutes or so each. Obviously in the northeast January is mostly 
home  station to home station or rover to home station - in June and Sept of 
course  there are mountaintop stations that are a bit easier to run with. 
So, from a  time standpoint, the scoring kind of makes sense. 
 
You might argue that 222 and 432 QSO's can be worked quickly, however there 
 are no runs on those bands as on 50 and 144. Just the time to move bands 
with  someone is probably reflected by doubling points. However, I have 
always thought  that the points for January, where 2G and up go to 8 points is 
too high a  factor. The June and Sept approach is more reflective of the  
time/effort spent and provides enough of an incentive to encourage leaving 50  
and 144 to take the time to make the contacts on the higher bands. 
 
My 2 cents. 
 
Jeff K1TEO




>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On 
Behalf
> Of  w8zn54 at verizon.net
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 8:54 PM
> To:  vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> 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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