Once upon a time, I was one of the proposers of the Limited MultiOp
category in the VHF contests. I/we thought that competition and
participation might benefit of small groups could feel genuinely
competitive without a zillion bands. It has been very popular.
Well, my feverish brain has had another minor spasm. How about a
Limited SingleOp category? The same rationale would apply:
participants could be genuinely competitive (with each other) without
having to own/maintain/lug-up-the-mountaintop a load of bands. I
think that 4 bands would be sufficient, as in the Limited MultiOp.
Not only would "ordinary" competitors have the opportunity to
compete on a national level, but I think that Limited SingleOp
would also re-enfranchise the MidWest and West single-ops for whom
a zillion bands don't do much good anyway (due to lack of activity).
So, all you hard-core VHF contesters (all 4 of you).. what do you think?
W9IP
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Michael R. Owen, Ph.D. a.k.a.: W9IP
Deptartment of Geology Northern Lights Software
St. Lawrence University Star Route, Box 60
Canton, NY 13617 Canton, NY 13617
(315) 379-5975 - voice - (315) 379-0161
MROWEN@STLAWU or MOWE@SLUMUS
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