[NLRS] January VHF contest and new operating catagories

[tosca005 at umn.edu]

Jon:

I think that there is an error in the published rules! Wasn't there recent 
discussion about power levels on bands above 902 MHz? The printed January 
rules say that the SOLP category is defined as:
  3.1.2. Low Power (150 W PEP or less

As written, that rule means no more than 150 watts PEP on *ANY* band! Is 
that really what was decided? I thought that it was supposed to be 150 
watts on 6M & 2M, 100 watts on 222 and 432, and an increase to 50 watts on 
902 and up. I see that there is an opening parenthesis but no closing 
parenthesis. Perhaps there is missing text describing lower powers on 
higher bands that would be followed by a closing parenthesis.

Or maybe I have developed Alzheimer's Disease and I am completely confused 
about the decision that was made about raising power levels on higher 
bands???

W0JT


On Oct 29 2012, w0zq at aol.com wrote:

>Hello NLRS land
>
 The ARRL has updated the January VHF contest rules to add two new 
operating categories. These two new operating categories are the single 
operator three band category for stations running low power on 6, 2, and 
432 while the second category is the single operator FM only category using 
6, 2, 223 and 446. Full rules at http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf and 
rationale for the rule changes at 
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/Committee%20Reports/2012/January/Doc_31.pdf
. These new rules apply to the January, June, and September VHF contests.
>
>73, Jon
>W0ZQ
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