This is unfortunate. James my experience during the UHF contest has at times
been similar to yours but I still enjoyed it. Having a contest where I was
able to focus on the higher bands had some advantages in my view.
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
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> On Mar 11, 2016, at 7:30 AM, James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> This has just been posted on the ARRL site:
>
> < http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-2016-august-uhf-contest-cancelled >
>
> I have promised to myself to try not to make cynical and snarky comments on
> this list, but this cancellation of the UHF contest is really trying that
> resolution.
>
> I will be the first to admit that the UHF contest has big problems, I once
> went out as a rover and made zero contacts in the whole contest, but if lack
> of activity is a problem, one sure way of making sure that activity
> decreases, not increases, is to cancel the contest. Then no one can
> participate and there will be no activity, the exact opposite of what is
> intended.
>
> It will be hard to put the contest on hold and then restart it again with
> reasonable activity. There is a large risk that interest will be lost
> entirely if there is no contest and that the people who had marginal interest
> will lose interest in UHF contesting entirely.
>
> I wonder how many people who provided input to the ARRL VHF Contest
> Revitalization Committee suggested that the contest be cancelled until better
> alternatives could be found? I wonder how many people would have answered yes
> to a question like “With activity in the UHF Contest hovering between 150 and
> 250, do you think the contest should be cancelled?" Even a contest with low
> participation is better than no contest at all. - Duffey KK6MC
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
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