I agree with both postings. It takes a certain type of person to build
and/or assemble equipment for bands that are not covered by
"out-of-the-box" transceivers (or even to build your own 6m-on-up gear).
The class of license the person holds has nothing to do with whether he's
up to the challenge or not. But I'll say that the challenge gets steeper
the higher you go in frequency. So does cost. So does the difficulty in
making QSO's. But like anything else, the more experience you get, the
better you get at it.
Another thing I thought of - HF DXers have top of the Honor Roll to shoot
for. There isn't any such thing with VUCC. It's highly unlikely anyone
is going to work every grid square there is on any band. So you just try
to work the most you can.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Duane - N9DG wrote:
> WB4UNA's post has pretty much summed it up.
>
> And what I've noticed is that those who get into VHF "Weak
> Signal" tend to be those who seek technical challenges, not
> just operating challenges. And these challenges are sought
> just "for the fun of it", for many others in ham radio they
> tend to see the various "technical" challenges as a
> "necessary evil" to tackle in order to get to do what they
> want to do.
>
> Also in and of itself the current class of license has next
> to nothing to do with anything as previously noted. But I
> have also noticed that those who have been in the WS game for
> many years and stick with it are often Extras. I don't think
> that particular ratio has changed much with the introduction
> of the no code Tech either. And like pursuing the technical
> challenges for "the fun of it", the licensing challenges were
> just for the "fun" of it too. So it's the challenge seekers
> who get into (and stick to) VHF WS and the generally higher
> level of license class that many of the WS operators have now
> just came along with it.
>
> And finally the VHF WS game takes more patience too. You may
> go months between significant DX openings. On HF you will
> have some kind of a DX opening to somewhere on just about any
> given week. A lot of VHF FM and HF ops don't have that kind
> of patience. However during those quiet times between the
> openings is when you should be working on the gear ;)...
>
> Duane
> N9DG
>
>
> --- WB4UNA@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > the class of licenses that you have or they have has
> > nothing to do with
> > working vhf/uhf. most hams do not won't to work on getting
> > a station on the air
> > to work weak signal vhf/uhf. They can stick a wire in the
> > air and work
> > stations on hf with ease. It is a lot more to working
> > vhf/uhf. You have to spend
> > time and money to get a station on the air that you are
> > happy with.
> > I have had hams here at my qth and they would say they
> > would never work
> > vhf/uhf for that reason. I guess that it is a different
> > type ham to want to
> > hear hours of hiss to finally work someone on these bands.
> > They also think
> > that if they can run 1000 watts that they can be heard
> > with a vertical antenna.
> > If you try to explain to them about the difference in v/h
> > antennas you get a
> > dazzed look in their eyes.
> >
> > just my 2 cents worth
> >
> > Randy
> >
> > WB4UNA since 1970
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