Not a rover. I gave up roving and portable operating back in the last century.
I now do all my contesting from my shack. My biggest issue is the split, or
two weekends. There is no way I would be able to participate two different
weekends. Life has may other things happening. I also operate "all mode",
SSB, CW and digital in all VHF contests. Splitting digital to a separate
weekend is idiotic. Why not keep it a single weekend and just split the
contest award categories from those that want analog modes only?
I have my 1985 Inaugural CQWW VHF WPX Contest Certificate hanging on my shack
wall. I've participated in some, not all since then, but this 2 weekends is
probably going to end it for me. I'll stick with the ARRL contests.
de K3SK
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From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+k3sk=buckwalter.co@contesting.com>
On Behalf Of Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2025 9:35 AM
To: Tony Contratto <vhfcontesting@kg9ov.org>
Cc: Jonesy W3DHJ <mailserver@jonz.net>; vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 2024 CQWW VHF Results availalbe
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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