18-01-2018, 06:56 AM
A rethink of VHF UHF Contests
**What do we want to achieve?** There you go Doug :-)
An active weekend of Radio highlighting the bands above 30MHz below 3GHz. (VHF UHF)
All modes including FM and newer low noise digital modes eg FT8? FM to encourage new operators?
**What are the constraints?**
Times - is 24 hour appropriate? Would two banks of 8 hours be better?
24 hours with a maximum of 16 hours activity?
Does the late night need a night owl category?
Setup times - is it practical to setup competive stations for all bands without group support?
**Locations?**
Many regions have limited "good sites" - how do you encourage Expeditions?
Trophy for rare grids worked? This could only be after the logs are in
-the station with the highest number of grids only worked by 1 other station?
**How do we encourage new operators?**
Rookie Award - highest score by someone who has never entered the contest
New Ops Award - awarded to the Club that encourages the most new ops in the contest?
Need to enhance FM to allow the Baofeng crew? :-)
Encourage newbies to attend group activities?
**What would be the best scoring system?**
Operating from a low home station one would hope for a 6M opening to score reasonably.
Mountain toppers positioned above a large population centre can shoot ducks in a barrel
all day under current rules -feedback from VK3 - it has become very boring
How do you change them and find a level interest that encourages activity?
Bands 6 2 70 23 13 ?
**What do we want to achieve?** There you go Doug :-)
An active weekend of Radio highlighting the bands above 30MHz below 3GHz. (VHF UHF)
All modes including FM and newer low noise digital modes eg FT8? FM to encourage new operators?
**What are the constraints?**
Times - is 24 hour appropriate? Would two banks of 8 hours be better?
24 hours with a maximum of 16 hours activity?
Does the late night need a night owl category?
Setup times - is it practical to setup competive stations for all bands without group support?
**Locations?**
Many regions have limited "good sites" - how do you encourage Expeditions?
Trophy for rare grids worked? This could only be after the logs are in
-the station with the highest number of grids only worked by 1 other station?
**How do we encourage new operators?**
Rookie Award - highest score by someone who has never entered the contest
New Ops Award - awarded to the Club that encourages the most new ops in the contest?
Need to enhance FM to allow the Baofeng crew? :-)
Encourage newbies to attend group activities?
**What would be the best scoring system?**
Operating from a low home station one would hope for a 6M opening to score reasonably.
Mountain toppers positioned above a large population centre can shoot ducks in a barrel
all day under current rules -feedback from VK3 - it has become very boring
How do you change them and find a level interest that encourages activity?
Bands 6 2 70 23 13 ?