[VHFcontesting] Suggestion for the ARRL June VHF contest

[Dave]

It's all I can do to get one weekend in June for a VHF contest. I guess if
you're retired, have no wife or kids, and have nothing else to do during
the few warm/dry weekends we get in the north, that would work. In the end
I think you'd find less participants. June VHF and Field Day already take
up half of our free weekends in June.

I also feel like this last June things were beginning to rebalance. I
definitely worked a bit more SSB/CW than I have in a while.

Dave
N2OA

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 6:59 PM Mark, K5AM <k5am at zianet.com> wrote:

>
> Suggestion for the ARRL June VHF contest
>
> Recently introduced digital modes have resulted in a
> major change in the way contesters have operated in the
> June VHF contest. A wide spectrum of opinions have been
> expressed on the various e-mail lists. Many operators are
> concerned for the long-term health of VHF contesting. To
> what is considered by some to be a serious problem, there
> is a feasible solution.
>
> On HF (for example, Sweepstakes and DX) ARRL has had
> separate contests for CW, SSB, RTTY, and recently
> Digital. However, VHF has been slighted, like a neglected
> child, with ARRL providing only combined-mode contests.
> This inexplicable situation is easily corrected.
>
> Suggestion for an ARRL June VHF contest series.
> 1. Three separate contests will be held, on the first
> three weekends in June.
> 2. Each of the three contests will be conducted using a
> single mode.
> 3. In 2023, the sequence of modes will be SSB, Digital, CW.
> In subsequent years, the modes will be rotated.
>
> Notes.
> 1. The September and January VHF contests can be
> considered later, after an experimental three contest
> series in June 2023.
> 2. As with any proposed scheme, there are obvious pros
> and cons; the challenge for operators is to balance
> individual circumstances with VHF contesting in general,
> and the long-term picture.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark, K5AM
> https://www.zianet.com/k5am/
>
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