[VHFcontesting] ARRL/CAC: VHF Contest Proposal(s)

[George Fremin]

https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rules-2021.pdf


> On Sep 27, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Bob, W3IDT <w3idt at comcast.net> wrote:
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> 1. Simply ban FT4 and FT8 from VHF contests.
> Unrealistic. There will soon be some other similar mode, FT*, which would then need a rule change to ban it. Furthermore, how does one write rules prohibiting FT4/FT8 – or similar modes - while retaining JT65 and MSK144 for meteor scatter and EME contacts? We clearly want to encourage the latter. To do so, we have to accept FT4/FT8.
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> 2. Separate VHF contests by mode.
> Say, January is a FT4/FT8 (or general DIGITAL) contest. June a SSB contest, and September an (unrealistic) CW contest or a MIXED mode or a multi-mode contest (as advocated here for all three contests). Serious VHF stations – those equipped for operation above 144-MHz - will likely walk away from contesting without the incentive for at least three major contests including the higher bands.
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