> RRR....if we could just get the HFers out of the world of VHF, most
> things would work better.
If that's not a great display of enlightenment, then I don't know what is. ;-)
> These two sets of rules do not
> necessarily have to be closely related, since the nature of HF and VHF
> contesting is significantly different.
The _nature of contesting_ on HF and VHF is exactly the same: making as many
contacts as possible within a given time frame.
> The prop logger pages, spotting pages, realtime scheduling
> pages, APRS, whatever. You can make schedules on line, you can call
> them on the phone and remind them to get on. You can do whatever it
> takes, BUT you still have to make a VALID contact.
Ah, now I see why you want HFers out of the world of VHF, they make contesting
too challenging while you need a bunch of crutches to rack up a few contacts.
What you want is go deer hunting and want to be able to call up your buddy to
put a deer right in front of your gun at a given time, so all you have to do is
to aim and shoot.
> VHF contesting should about making the contact now about HOW you found
> the station on the other end.
Right, you prefer deer hunting on a deer farm, rather than going into the woods
and enjoy the challenge of hunting down the deer you want to end up on your
dinner plate.
> Either you can work them, or you can't.
> If you can work a station, how you found out that he was there is
> immateriel.
So all you want is just a simple target practicing session without the
inconvenience of the hunt. This HFer gets it now.
73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com
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