[NLRS] ARRL VHF UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC) looking for publicinput

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Apparently FOUR recipients OTHER than the 
nlrs(at)mailman.qth.net triggers mesages to have to wait for 
moderator approval so HERE is a RE-Send of my message to JUST 
the NLRS Reflector.

73, JK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK" <hamk9jk at ameritech.net>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; <w0zq at aol.com>; "ARRL Cent Div VHF 
Topics for VUAC" <centdivvhftopics at w9fz.com>
Cc: "kevin kaufhold" <kkaufhold at yahoo.com>; "Mike King - KM0T" 
<scsueepe at mtcnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 18:29
Subject: Re: [NLRS] ARRL VHF UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC) 
looking for publicinput


> While noting Jim's and Scott's comments (which were only to 
> the NLRS Reflector and I guess I'm jumping the gun by sending 
> this to Central Division topics since Kevin has not posted 
> there yet)...MY "read" of the "direction" that the VUAC 
> received is to find a way to "involve" the users OF those 
> "IC706/7000/FT100/857/897" boxes (and INSIDE the capabilities 
> of said boxes) in VHF Contesting.
>
> Good and well to hope, pray, "educate", "assist", "promote", 
> etc. but IS there a way to even "find" the owners/users of 
> those boxes and get them interested in the "sport" of VHF 
> Radio Contesting (and WITH the capabilities INSIDE their 
> boxes)...and ultimately that might yield an "interested" 
> population in going "outside" their boxes.
>
> Quite frankly, given the domination of "Single-Operator" by 
> stations with MORE than 50, 144 and 432...would it HELP if 
> there were a "category" for the "INSIDE the 
> IC706/7000/FT100/857/897 Box" owners/operators?
>
> Hmmm, let's see, we have LIMITED Multi-operator and we have 
> LIMITED Rover...how about a "LIMITED" Single-Operator 
> category? I'd propose that it be more like the LIMITED ROVER 
> (LOW Power and strictly the "bottom 4" bands), rather than 
> allowing High power and "pick your 4 bands" as the Limited 
> Multi-operator does.
>
> Just an idea...please be kind rather than throwing any flames.
>
> 73, JK
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <w0zq at aol.com>
> To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 09:28
> Subject: [NLRS] ARRL VHF UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC) looking 
> for publicinput
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello NLRS land -
>>
>> The ARRL would like to encourage more participation in its 
>> several VHF/UHF contests held each year. Many of the HF 
>> transceivers sold in recent years include 50 MHz, and some 
>> also include the 144 and 432 MHz bands with multi-mode 
>> capabilities. The question at hand is how can we encourage 
>> more owners of such radios to utilize these bands and modes 
>> to participate in VHF/UHF contests?
>>
>> The ARRL VHF/UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC) has been asked to 
>> consider this question, and to make recommendations to 
>> encourage, explore and expand the ARRL VHF and UHF contests 
>> and other operating activities by using the multi-band and 
>> multi-mode capabilities of modern transceivers and related 
>> equipment.
>>
>> The VUAC would like to ask the Amateur Radio community to 
>> provide their comments and ideas for consideration.
>>
>> Please send any comments or ideas you have on this matter to 
>> your ARRL VUAC Division representative no later than July 1, 
>> 2011.  A listing of each Division’s VUAC representative can 
>> be found at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-staff-vuac-cac.
>>
>> For ARRL Dakota Division members, your VUAC rep is me.  For 
>> members in the Central Division, its Kevin Kaufhold, W9GKA at 
>> w9gka at arrl.net  . For members in the Midwest Divison its Mike 
>> King at scsueepe at mtcnet.net  .   For our Canadian members, 
>> its Gabor Horvath, VE7DXG, ve7dxg at arrl.net  .
>>
>> 73, Jon
>> W0ZQ