On Wed, 8 Jan 2025, Tony Contratto wrote:
>As a rover (I’m obviously biased here), any serious effort in a VHF
>contest is a full weekend plus commitment. It may be different for
>fixed stations and/or the casual operator, but personally this has me
>deciding if I want to participate at all.
Rover here, too.
Well, the dates do not really bother me. But, THE TIMES!!!
I had to read the web page <https://cqww-vhf.com/rules/> several
times to believe it.
This means it's a Saturday-only contest for me.
And the earlier hours on Saturday do me no good.
I rarely ever had a "SSB/CW/FM" QSO before 9 AM local in any of the VHF
contests -- going back nearly 2 decades. Add to that the Local/regional
VHF SSB/CW/FM (contest) activity has collapsed over the last half-dozen
years or so.
My preliminary, back-of-the-napkin plans would be to operate 1500z to
0200/0300z on Saturday only. If at all...
It seems like a good scheme to take SSB/CW/FM completely out of CQ VHF
contesting.
73
Jonesy
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