Re: W9RM January VHF
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KC7QY
On the two earlier weekends there are four games on, two each on Saturday and Sunday so participation could be even more affected. That said, earlier in January would be closer to the statistical winter Es peak. I have to think this has been kicked around before and this where it landed. Participation wise the RTTY Roundup probably far outweighs the VHF contest. Still worth bringing up with our ARRL leadership though. Jim KC7QY
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 11:41:53 AM MST, James Duffey <JamesDuffey@...> wrote:
A quick search of the QST archives shows that in the early 60s the January contest was held on the first or second weekend on January, certainly a better date than we currently have. Suggestions to swap the RTTY Roundup and the January VHF contest dates have been around a long time and would be beneficial to 6M activity I think. The current situation is better than when it was held on the NFL bye week as that was usually the 160M contest, which took a lot of HF contesters out of the VHF contest. Bring this up to your elected ARRL representatives. When you go to an ARRL forum at a ham fest bring this up. After the bewildered look on the ARRL official’s face dies off your will have to explain yourself. When the official says he will take the suggestion back to Newington, ask the official to get back to you about what happens then. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM How entrenched is the tradition of
having the ARRL January VHF contest on AFC/NFC championship
weekend? There is no ideal date that going to work for everyone,
but it seems to make a lot of sense to move it closer (or into)
the Christmas holidays. The nastiest weather always seems to be
around late January too. My hunch is that the majority demographic
of contest participants would be OK with a change. Although my
hunches are usually wrong. -WB2FKO
On 1/21/19 3:09 PM, Keith Morehouse
wrote:
From what I remember, the January contest started
because a couple of eastern VHF clubs (Pack Rats, Mt Airy, ect)
wanted a event to get guys out winter mountain-topping. It was
scheduled in January to take advantage of the seasonal minor
peak in sporadic E that is normally centered on the northern
hemisphere winter solstice. Why it's so late in January has
probably been lost to history.
There are VHF single band Sprints in the spring, which are
a blast, if you're in tropo country. Out here, they are
usually worse then the January test because you only have one
band worth of noise to listen to.
-W9RM
Keith J Morehouse
Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 1:56 PM Steve London <n2ic@...>
wrote:
Glad I wasn't the only one with an amp issue. I have a decrepit SB-220,
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