To tell the truth, 90% of the reason why I even do VHF+ contesting is to
make QSO's with stations hundreds of miles away. There just isn't any
excitement that compares to that.
Actually I'd settle for 25 miles on 47 and 78 GHz when I get those built,
but that's another story.
:-)
73, Zack W9SZ
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Duane - N9DG <n9dg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> > On 6/24/09 1:10 PM, Les Rayburn
> > wrote:
> > > After the contest, I started thinking about the
> > experience. It
> > > occurred to me that I had a perfectly good Kenwood
> > TH-F6A in the
> > > truck that puts out five watts on 2, 440, and 222.
> > Would it have been
> > > legal and/or ethical to simply "hand" them the radio
> > and invite them
> > > to participate in the contest by working me on the
> > spot?
>
> Setting aside all of the ethics issues for a moment, I see a another rather
> serious flaw to the idea. Basically by handing someone an HT just to make
> some super short range "VHF Contest Q's" they will *not* be learning what
> the majority of VHF contesting really is. Nor does the practice have much
> chance of exposing potential VHF contest ops to the excitement and thrill of
> working someone on VHF+ hundreds of miles away. As such I seriously doubt
> any "chance op" making an accross the parking lot VHF contest Q like that
> will likely catch the bug from the "excitement" of having done so...
>
> A far better idea would be for the contest sponsors to allow those "drop by
> ops" to grab the mike/key of the rover's station and make a few Q's and to
> let them do so without forcing a category change for the rover op.
>
> Duane
> N9DG
>
>
>
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