Author: Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 07:17:56 -0600 (MDT)
What rubbed my Rover fur backwards a few weeks ago was this comment posted after a contest weekend: "The big advantage of that mode for me is that I can sit in the bedroom watching TV with an iPad in
Jonesy, And with the current technology that just as easily could have been on SSB for sure and probably CW. Remote contesting is not just the exclusive domain of the digital modes. And that is anoth
Author: Stephen Hewlett via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:41:37 +0000 (UTC)
The comment about watching TV with an iPad and working people with a remote desktop app left me flat as well. I have found that in life you generally get out of something in terms of satisfaction wha
Loved that Rover Fur.......I dont think the average contest participant knows how much work goes into a rover setup. And or how much gas and motel money gets spent. Steve K7SWS ______________________
While I share your views about the undesirability of working digital modes in a contest while watching TV, a number of hams I have tried to pull into VHF and up operating / contesting have told me th
Mark, Why are you assuming this only happens with digital modes? For those of us not fortunate enough to live in the NE VHF contesting without regard to mode involves lots of BSing with the guys in t
Author: Randy Wing via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 21:37:06 +0000 (UTC)
Digital contesting, will bring people to vhf contesting that weren't there before. Largely 6m people. I believe a digital category isn't a bad step. I also believe allowing people to work a contact
John: If watching TV or engaging in other similar activities while contesting is how some operators want to operate I am fine with that, although beyond occasionally getting a beverage during a long
Most other multimode contests like the ARRL 10 meter contest, the IARU contest, and most state QSO parties allow you to work the same station on both CW and SSB. Field Day allows for contacts with th