I agree that the option for 1.2 for the TS-2000X owners would give beginning
rovers a one box, 4 band rig. The 220 band must have a better lobbyist that
the 1.2 band?
To get more 706/857/897 owners interested, a true starter rover class of 50,
144 and 432 only would have been a better idea. LOTS of folks riding around
with those rigs in their cars.
73 de Bob,
K4ESA EM74qc
Bob Mantell
k4esa@yahoo.com
--- On Tue, 5/26/09, Crownhaven <crownhaven@bellsouth.net> wrote:
From: Crownhaven <crownhaven@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules
To: "Russ Pillsbury" <russk2t@comcast.net>
Cc: "'Les Rayburn'" <les@highnoonfilm.com>, "'Kutzko, Sean, KX9X'"
<kx9x@arrl.org>, vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu, "'VHF Contesting Reflector'"
<vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 8:29 PM
The problem I see with this rule is the bands they selected. Not that many
folks have access to 222. All of your popular all-band radios now have 1296
though. I would have rather seen 50, 144, 432 and 1296 or allowing the station
to choose four out of the five. Can anyone explain this???????????
Steve, N4JQQ, EM55
Russ Pillsbury wrote:
> I've gotta say that this rule does not make sense to me. Why should limited
> stations be restricted to the bottom four bands? If it is a 4 band limit,
> that should be good enough. Why could not they choose 144, 222, 432, 1296,
> for instance. I do not see how that would give anyone an unfair advantage
> over the guy who is on six meters instead of 1296!
>
> Sometimes I do not think these committees really think things over very
> throughly. The objective should be to improve activity - on any band that
> the participants can muster. And I never saw anyone asking for comments on
> this idea before implemenation. Why not?
>
> Russ K2TXB
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu [mailto:owner-vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Les Rayburn
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:45 PM
>> To: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu; VHF Contesting Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules
>>
>> I'd like to congratulate the league on these steps. The original idea behind
>> the limited rover category was to allow newcomers like myself to try their
>> hand at roving, and still be competitive. Removing the loophole that allowed
>> (legally) stations to equip rovers with the highest bands for larger point
>> totals should help serve that original intent.
>>
>> This may alter my own plans for the June contest. Can I now ask a newbie
>> question? If I chose to make contacts on higher bands such as 1.2ghz or
>> 10ghz but not submit them for points in my log, can other stations still
>> legally claim those contacts?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> EM63nf
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Kutzko, Sean, KX9X" <kx9x@arrl.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:20 PM
>> To: <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>; "VHF Contesting Reflector"
>> <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [VHF] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules
>>
>>
>>> Hi folks-
>>>
>>> The ARRL Programs and Services Committee approved the
>> following VUAC's
>>> recommendations to the ARRL VHF Contest program:
>>>
>>> 1) Limited Rover: Limited Rovers will now be able to enter
>> only on the
>>> four lowest bands for any given ARRL VHF contest. For January, June and
>>> September, this means 6 Meters, 2 Meters, 220 MHz and
>> 432 MHz. For
>>> the August UHF Contest, this means 220 MHz, 432 MHz, 902
>> MHz and 1.2 GHz.
>>
>>> 2) Club Competition is now permitted in the August UHF Contest.
>>>
>>> These changes take effect immediately, and have been noted
>> on the ARRL
>>> web site. Stations planning to enter as limited Rover in
>> the 2009 ARRL
>>> June VHF QSO Party should take note.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Sean Kutzko, KX9X
>>> Contest Branch Manager
>>>
>>> ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
>>> 225 Main Street
>>> Newington CT 06111-1494
>>> Telephone: 860-594-0232
>>> Fax: 860-594-0259
>>> email:skutzko@arrl.org
>>>
>>> Read the "Notes From The Contest Branch" blog at www.arrl.org/blog
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