[VHFcontesting] Scheduling Multi-band QSOs in June VHF...

[N1BUG]

As I have said before, I (and others north and east of me when they were 
active) get on to have some fun and take advantage of high activity to 
get QSOs that are otherwise unavailable. You can't be a contester from 
here except for competing against yourself.

I don't care how QSOs are arranged as long as the QSO itself is 
completed by radio. Some of my best and most fun QSOs usually come from 
coordination via ON4KST chat.

I doubt having a few minutes of SSB/CW activity every hour would help me 
at all. In such short windows it is unlikely many will point this way. I 
  can make 500 mile contacts on 2-222-432 but people must be pointed 
right at me.

I will continue to try to get some fun out of contests but with FT8 
cutting down on fun and making it more difficult to arrange running 
bands, the return on investment has dropped considerably. If it weren't 
for ON4KST chat I probably wouldn't waste my time getting on for the 
major contests any more.

Paul N1BUG



On 5/21/21 10:34 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
> Though I've not been able to participate as much in the last few years,
> I've been doing the June contest with the W2SZ MGEF group on Greylock
> (FN32) for more than 35 years.
> As we all know, WSJT has changed everything about V/U/uW contesting.
> 
> I don't blame people for wanting to mostly QSO via WSJT:  If you don't have
> a mountaintop QTH, it's the best way to maximize your QSOs, and the amount
> of time it takes to
> make a QSO is not as important as MAKING THE QSO.
> 
> That said, it is extremely difficult to move to other bands, or ask
> stations to move to other bands if you are making a QSO via WSJT.
> 
> Yes, we allow any means to make skeds: phone calls, chat rooms, texting,
> etc.   Is that what people are preferring today?
> 
> I have two questions:
> - Would people be interested in having a few times per hour where they
> would switch to SSB/CW from WSJT (say 2 minutes every 30?)
> During those periods, QSOs on a band could be made, or making schedules for
> other bands could be accomplished.
> - Or, do most of you prefer non-amateur-means to sked?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gerry Hull, *W1VE  *Hancock, NH USA
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