In the CQ magazine contests, there is a
tribander/single element category, for those of us who
don't have monster stacks at HF. Is there a way to
create such a class for the VHF contests. Regardless
of the power level, there are several stations within
200 miles of me who I cannot dream of competing with
because I have single yagis (longest boom is 15 feet)
at fairly low heights. Do run WSJT to help equalize
things a bit, but I still miss many grids I can hear
them working.
73s John NE0P
--- "Don T. \"AI4CW\"" <dtrammel@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> How about a QRP class that allows home QTH
> operations at low power? No
> reason that the only QRP category should be
> portable. Low Power is
> great for all of the stations that have the 100W
> multiband rigs, but the
> folks using older gear that only have 5-10 watts to
> work with are
> severely handicapped. They should at least have the
> opportunity to
> improve their situation with the best antenna farm
> they can muster.
> The point is to get the folks on the air, right?
>
> And no, I've got around 100W on 2M, 300+W on 220 and
> 70W on 432 once I
> get the antennas back in the air, so I'm not whining
> for my sake! It's
> just that I've been there (will still have only 10W
> PEP on 6M for the
> VHF QSO party, but that'll change soon after) with
> older 6 & 2M rigs in
> the past and have seen the frustration firsthand in
> my experience as
> well as the folks that I set up with the gear
> afterwards. They probably
> would have been more encouraged if they knew their
> contest scores would
> be judged against like stations instead of 100W
> stations simply because
> of their operating location. If they build a nice
> antenna array to make
> the best use of their low power levels, they
> certainly shouldn't be
> penalized for it because of the rules lumping them
> into a class that
> allows ten times the power!
>
> I also like the idea of a limited single-op 4 band
> class; it might help
> me a lot once I've got everything back on the air!
> For now, my goal is
> simply to get the tower up with the 6M gear
> operational for the QSO
> party. I'll be out looking for someone to sandblast
> a couple of parts
> for the erection system today in hopes of having the
> tower up this week.
> That should give me time to get the bugs worked
> out for single band
> operations this time around.
>
> Dan's a nice guy; got to meet him for the first time
> at this year's
> Huntsville Hamfest and really enjoyed it. He seemed
> to especially enjoy
> it when my daughter (KG4QII) came up begging for
> more money! I guess
> that's one of those things that folks without
> children really enjoy ...
> ;-D
>
> 73,
> Don T. AI4CW EM64
>
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