Hi Ev, Great job! Your pdf draft looks great and is the kind of info that I think most contesters would like to see. I already like what ARRL is doing with the on-line expanded contest results and th
ARRL has posted the QST results for the June VHF QSO Party and UHF Contest on the ARRL Members Only webpage at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ These write-ups are apparently the new ones to ap
Well, if I was a little disappointed yesterday with the new format QST report of the June VHF QSO Party then today I am very disappointed with the Web Report. It is the same as the QST write-up! Same
Thanks for the info Gene! I'll reel myself back in. It is nice to know people who know people in the right places.. I wish that there had been a message place on the page that the report is NOT compl
Apparently the June VHF Web Report is/was a work in progress. My apologies to ARRL and AA7A for jumping the gun. The web report now has more pics, a pie chart, a rover box, regional leaders, mult lea
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Well put, Bill. There are many ways to increase activity as has been expressed very well over the past few days on these reflectors. I have been impressed by the amount of activity in past January VH
Well put, Bill. There are many ways to increase activity as has been expressed very well over the past few days on these reflectors. I have always been impressed by the amount of activity in past Jan
It is good to see this topic come up on the reflector again and to have a civilized discussion about something we all apparently feel strongly about. As Yogi would say: "it is like deja-vu all over a
I had forgotten all about the 2m Spring Sprint tomorrow - I think it needs more publicity! Anyway, as a reminder for those of you who don't subscribe to the w6yx vhf reflector here is the reminder I
Good questions... I have been involved in vhf+ contesting since 1972 (my first (ever) QSO was in the 1972 January VHF SS on 50.28 AM using my elmer's homebrew portable 6m rig). My vhf+ station has gr
Hi Bill, No piling-on from me. I agree with your post and it pretty much echo's my vhf+ operating philosophy. I presently can only get on for the big contests, some of the sprints and the occasional
Lots of cuts and snips here from George's post. I've been a proponent of a contest with a distance scoring scheme for some time and I think it could be a big hit in the September contest. I won't bor
I hope to make this my final post on this subject - I've said enough and I don't want to wear out my welcome BUT just a few more points from some recent posts. This topic has taken up a lot of bandwi
Joel, Not necessarily. One of the proposed scoring schemes was to use 4 character grid squares (ie. FM19 in my case) vs. a scoring scheme using 6 digit grid squares (ie. FM19ml). Most rovers could de
John, Exactly. I had proposed (about 2 or 3 years ago) a distance scoring scheme that stopped at 3 or 4 points (I can't remember which now) I think it was at 4 points. All qso's that were at the 4 po
I too had a good time in the 432 sprint. Put in around 3 hours after I found and fixed a water leak from a cheapo water valve above the hamshack that took out a couple of ceiling tiles. No water over
Dan and other NON-computer contest loggers, You DON'T need to use Cabrillo format for NON-computer/electronically generated logs!!! Just the official contest form or acceptable facsimile. Please see
The results of the ARRL September VHF QSO Party are on the ARRL members only web page at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ My compliments to W3ZZ for the well done web report and QST pdf write-u
After reading The World Above 50MHz lead article in July QST I see that crank-up, tilt-over self supporting towers are being used by some vhf+ ops. I hate to climb and have been thinking about a cran