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Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL/CAC: VHF Contest Proposal(s)

To: w3idt@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL/CAC: VHF Contest Proposal(s)
From: George Fremin <geoiii@kkn.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:31:31 -0500
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https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rules-2021.pdf


> On Sep 27, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Bob, W3IDT <w3idt@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 1. Simply ban FT4 and FT8 from VHF contests.
> Unrealistic. There will soon be some other similar mode, FT*, which would 
> then need a rule change to ban it. Furthermore, how does one write rules 
> prohibiting FT4/FT8 – or similar modes - while retaining JT65 and MSK144 for 
> meteor scatter and EME contacts? We clearly want to encourage the latter. To 
> do so, we have to accept FT4/FT8.
> 
> 2. Separate VHF contests by mode.
> Say, January is a FT4/FT8 (or general DIGITAL) contest. June a SSB contest, 
> and September an (unrealistic) CW contest or a MIXED mode or a multi-mode 
> contest (as advocated here for all three contests). Serious VHF stations – 
> those equipped for operation above 144-MHz - will likely walk away from 
> contesting without the incentive for at least three major contests including 
> the higher bands.
> 



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