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

[alex at kr1st.com]

Wait, what? This is still a thing? I thought the matter was settled by 
the leagues, sponsors, and committees by now, and that they had 
collectively decided to do nothing.

The rules George cites are a great start. Add the missing categories 
(basically keep the contests as they are) and add separate MGM contests 
for VHF and up, and the problem is solved. Everyone can operate the way 
they chose.

We need to stop trying to incorporate a fundamentally different way of 
operating (automatic QSO's, all activity within 3kHz, no efficient way 
to run the bands, etc.) into traditional contests. Everyone will have 
one objection or another to whatever solution you come up with in 
lengthy emails that require a nap halfway through. ;) Give MGM's their 
own contest that the activity on these modes deserve (command even?). 
It's done on HF, therefor it can be done up-30.

73,
--Alex KR1ST


On 2021-09-27 14:31, George Fremin wrote:
> 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:
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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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