[NLRS] Club Competition in the UHF Contest!!! (Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules)

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Sean Kutzko <kx9x at arrl.org> shared:
>
> Hi folks-
>
> The ARRL Programs and Services Committee approved the
> following VUAC's recommendations to the ARRL VHF Contest
> program:
>
> 1) Limited Rover: Limited Rovers will now be able to enter
> only on the four lowest bands for any given ARRL VHF contest.
> For January, June and September, this means 6 Meters, 2
> Meters, 220 MHz and 432 MHz. For the August UHF Contest, this
> means 220 MHz, 432 MHz, 902 MHz and 1.2 GHz.
>
> 2) Club Competition is now permitted in the August UHF
> Contest.
>
> These changes take effect immediately, and have been noted on
> the ARRL web site. Stations planning to enter as limited Rover
> in the 2009 ARRL June VHF QSO Party should take note.
>
> 73,
>
> Sean Kutzko, KX9X
> Contest Branch Manager
>
> ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
> 225 Main Street
> Newington CT 06111-1494
> Telephone: 860-594-0232
> Fax: 860-594-0259
> email:skutzko at arrl.org
>
> Read the "Notes From The Contest Branch" blog at 
> www.arrl.org/blog

As I replied to the VHFcontesting and Stanford VHF e-mail 
reflectors (among the several comments from the "more vocal" 
regarding #1..."why" and "what were they thinking"), I am 
THRILLED with #2!

If THAT doesn't lead to breaking the 200 log barrier for UHF, 
I'm not sure WHAT will.

Repeat after me, "Over 200 Logs in UHF", "Over 200 Logs in UHF", 
"Over 200 Logs in UHF", "Over 200 Logs in UHF", "Over 200 Logs 
in UHF", "Over 200 Logs in UHF", "Over 200 Logs in UHF", "Over 
200 Logs in UHF"...

(And should I ALSO add a repetitive chant for "RoverMania #6", 
"RoverMania #6", "RoverMania #6", ...?)

Looking forward to some GREAT material for the 2009 UHF Contest 
Write-Up! (Might QST 'have to' allocate a THIRD page?)

THANKS to Sean for being the messenger and to the VUAC 
(especially Kermit W9XA, Jon W0ZQ and Mike KM0T) and P&SC for 
their efforts in proposing, discussing and implementing this.

73, JK