6 is not always dominant...
How quickly people forget. Last year 6 Meters stank - one of the worst
June contests for Es. We were blessed with good 6M conditions this year.
The ARRL has the UHF contest and 10 GHz contest focusing on
UHF/microwave & microwave bands. The September and January contests
don't have much Es usually so they are 2 Meters and above by default.
That leaves the June VHF QSO Party as the only ARRL VHF Contest
with widespread 6 Meter activity. And that will vary depending if there
is E-skip or not.
The multi-ops don't ignore the higher bands, even when 6 is open.
I would encourage those who are interested in 222 MHz and up to
give the ARRL UHF Contest a try and submit a log this year.
- N0JK>I try and stay out of the "Rules Game" and any blogs about our
contesting >aliments but I must agree with KR1ST, Chris, who suggests removing
6m from >the ARRL VHF/UHF contest. My suggestion is not to eliminate all 6m
ARRL >contesting but maybe one or two especially during the June contest. Let's
>give the upper bands more attention, that is where we need to focus. 6m is a
>fun band but as Chris mentioned, it is in every radio and the bands get
>clogged with non-contesters. Maybe a 6m only contest is a good way for them
>to get inoculated to move up. I found myself trapped on 6m lurking for the
>next new grid and forgetting 2m-2304 during long periods of band openings
>when the multipliers are upper bands.>73's>Steve
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