[VHFcontesting] Digital ... contesting

[John Kludt]

Mark,

Why are you assuming this only happens with digital modes?  For those of us
not fortunate enough to live in the NE VHF contesting without regard to
mode involves lots of BSing with the guys in the shack, Internet browsing
and maybe even a football game on TV or two.  For many of us VHF contesting
is lots of watching the panadapter, hoping that someone is out there, and
maybe working a little FT8 while waiting for something, anything, to happen
on SSB or even more rare CW.  After moonrise things turn to JT65 EME and/or
meteor scatter.

Please keep regional differences in mind.  VHF contesting is intended to be
a country wide event.  Let's make sure as we talk about rules changes we
keep the entire country in mind and not optimize things for for the NE at
every one else's expense.

John

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:47 AM Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
wrote:

> While I share your views about the undesirability of working digital modes
> in a contest while watching TV, a number of hams I have tried to pull into
> VHF and up operating / contesting have told me they don't have the patience
> to mostly listen to static for hours on end.   (Even participating in a net
> for an hour where one mostly hears static seems to try the patience of a
> number of other operators I know.)  I can see why using digital modes while
> doing something non amateur radio related may appeal to some.
>
> 73
> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
>
> mark at alignedsolutions.com
> 604 762 4099
>
> > On Sep 25, 2019, at 8:41 AM, Stephen Hewlett via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> >
> > The comment about watching TV with an iPad and working people with a
> remote desktop app left me flat as well. I have found that in life you
> generally get out of something in terms of satisfaction what you put into
> it. Watching TV with an iPad while VHF contesting doesn't seem very
> satisfying to me. I wouldn't bother if that was my only VHF contesting
> option. Steve N4NIV
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> > Cc: Jonesy W3DHJ <mailserver at jonz.net>; VHF Contesters <
> VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 9:18 am
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Digital ... contesting
> >
> >> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Doug Gilliam wrote:
> >>
> >> Well put Lew!
> >>
> >> Those of us who put a lot of expense, time, and skill into our
> >> stations, and who appreciate a hard fought cw contact, get frustrated
> >> with being thoroughly beaten by an operator sitting in his easy chair
> >> with a laptop and a good 6 meter opening.
> >
> > What rubbed my Rover fur backwards a few weeks ago was this comment
> > posted after a contest weekend:
> >
> >    "The big advantage of that mode for me is that I
> >    can sit in the bedroom watching TV with an iPad in
> >    my lap and work people via a remote desktop app."
> >
> > Jonesy W3DHJ
> > --
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