[VHFcontesting] 2024 CQWW VHF Results availalbe

[Scott Armstrong]

Well the new start times work out great for Europe...

For us in Central/Western NA, the contest will be  basically over when the
Es give out on the first day. Not much to be had before 7:00am CDT, 6:00am
MDT and 5:00am PDT. EC might see a little.  And then again, I could be
totally wrong. It is 6m.

-Scott AA5AM

On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Jan 2025, Tony Contratto wrote:
>
> >As a rover (I’m obviously biased here), any serious effort in a VHF
> >contest is a full weekend plus commitment.  It may be different for
> >fixed stations and/or the casual operator, but personally this has me
> >deciding if I want to participate at all.
>
> Rover here, too.
> Well, the dates do not really bother me.  But, THE TIMES!!!
> I had to read the web page <https://cqww-vhf.com/rules/> several
> times to believe it.
> This means it's a Saturday-only contest for me.
> And the earlier hours on Saturday do me no good.
> I rarely ever had a "SSB/CW/FM" QSO before 9 AM local in any of the VHF
> contests -- going back nearly 2 decades.  Add to that the Local/regional
> VHF SSB/CW/FM (contest) activity has collapsed over the last half-dozen
> years or so.
>
> My preliminary, back-of-the-napkin plans would be to operate 1500z to
> 0200/0300z on Saturday only.  If at all...
>
> It seems like a good scheme to take SSB/CW/FM completely out of CQ VHF
> contesting.
>
> 73
> Jonesy
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