[VHFcontesting] Who Moved My Cheese?

[Rick R]

That book was written in the 80’s and it crystallized the effects of change and how we need to adapt. No longer will K1WHS have his crew of ops for contesting; no longer will W2SZ score 3million points with other multi-ops chasing them; no longer will K5TR work 1000 QSOs on 6m; no longer will it be easy to run 10 bands with a rover. No longer will K1TEO be getting close to the million point mark as a SOHP.  Some of us have adapted and run remote digital (+/-analog) stations, we can use many ways to alert other stations to our signals, we have added screens to see where the activity goes, we have computer power to help us log, transmit, copy CW, and many forms of digital signals. Newcomers never experienced the decades of rapid fire contest QSOs and are content to be digitally focused, while others of us bemoan the changes and slowly adapt or just drop out. ARRL has allowed means to facilitate contacts and added entry categories to accommodate all operating styles—FM, 3-band, analog, etc. 
It’s great to be able to share memories of the past. We all know that our cheese has been moved and we’re all learning the new dynamic of VHF contesting. 73, Rick K1DS