[VHFcontesting] New proposed VHF Contest rules

[Mark Spencer]

These comments make some sense to me.   I've just started to get involved in meteor scatter and EME and I was contemplating a portable 432 EME effort during the UHF contest at some point.   Being able to run meteor scatter and EME makes me much more willing to visit remote grids where there may be little or no opportunity for  contacts using other propagation modes (especially if the contest takes place earlier in the year when it is harder to access mountain tops where I live.)

That being said I'd be curious in hearing the rationale for the new scoring system.   It does seem strange to me to exclude certain types of operation to increase activity.

73 Mark S
VE7AFZ

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> On Apr 15, 2016, at 10:17 AM, Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tim: I agree. EME should be allowed, as long as distance scoring does not
> involve a grid square on the moon! Seriously, I think the prohibition was
> put there because of Distance scoring. With EME, the effort to work a
> station in the next or even in one's own grid is pretty much the same as
> working one 8,000 miles away. Perhaps a maximum distance score per
> QSO?--73, Mike, WV2ZOW
> 
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 12:54 PM, k7xc_tx via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
>> Regarding Ver 4 of the proposed new VHF+ contest rules...
>> 
>> An interesting read but very flawed and should NEVER be supported by
>> ANYONE.
>> 
>> Disallowing EME contacts while allowing MS contacts smacks of jealously
>> and Discrimination towards EME capable stations! Refraction of signals is
>> still refraction wether it be the Moon or a Metor Trail.
>> 
>> There is no need for that kind of bigotry in any contest, and I wont abide
>> by it!
>> 
>> The other aspects of the proposal would invigorate the bands as people
>> became interested again in VHF Contesting, save for the rediculous idea to
>> exclude EME! The contests are here to encourage activity, not squash a
>> selected segment of propagation modes!
>> 
>> This is aimed squarely at Marshall - K5QE and his commitment to use EME on
>> all bands during a contest because where he lives he can't be competitive
>> without it. I have been to his station and it is very impressive!
>> 
>> If they move forward with banning EME from the event, I  will do
>> everything in my power to organize a boycott of all future ARRL VHF
>> contests as their being unjustly biased, again...
>> 
>> Same as when the league squashed the ORIGINAL rover rules over 20 years
>> ago to appease a few East coast clubs, forever ruining the contest for
>> those out west. Overnight Western Rover activity just disappeared.
>> 
>> What a short sighted prejudiced thing to do, THEN AND NOW!
>> 
>> Tim Marek - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
>> 
>> Sent from my MetroPCS 4G Android device
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