On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:23:43AM -0500, Zack Widup wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Bruce Herrick wrote:
>
> > Well said, Fred. The Sprint QSY rule is very polarizing. Some of the
> > best contesters on HF love it as it gives them a new challenge, but many
> > who try the Sprint for the first time never go back to it because of
> > this rule. When we are trying so hard to attract new blood to VHF+
> > contesting, I fear implementing this rule would be very
> > counter-productive.
> >
>
> VHF contesting is quite different from HF contesting. Although the HF
> sprint QSY rule is fun, I think it would be devastating on VHF. When you
> have beams that have a pattern only 30 degrees wide or less, it's hard
> enough getting the attention of a station who's sitting on one frequency.
>
> Maybe instead of a frequency QSY rule, we ought to have a "beam swinging"
> rule? :-)
I guess I see the use of the QSY rule in VHFing as a way to kick the big gun
off the calling frequency for a short period of time and make them QSY to
another frequency. I don't really understand how this is going to be a
big problem for anyone but the big gun.
By opening up the utility of the calling frequency for some smaller guns to
make an occasional QSO - I think we improve the experience for them - and
maybe there will be more fun in it for the smaller guns - and there will be
more of them for the big guns to work.
And - at least in this area - getting people to move around some will help
spread things out instead of everyone trying to make their QSOs on the
calling frequency.
Tree
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