[NLRS] ARRL UHF Contest 2016 cancelled

[Matt Holden]

I'm as disappointed as you are.  This is prime hilltopping and road
tripping time on the calendar.
I hope many of you can share your thoughts about this with me at Buffalo
ham fest tomorrow.  I'd like to hear your thoughts about how to pump life
back into this contest.
I'm reaching out to my fellow board members to get a better idea why
cancelling the contest was the best solution.
73,
Matt Holden KØBBC
ARRL Vice Director Dakota Division


On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:59 AM, James Duffey <jamesduffey at comcast.net>
wrote:

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> I agree Jon. I have had mixed success with the UHF contest, but was in the
> stages of planning a new approach this year to revitalize my interest, but
> it appears that will have to wait.
>
> I agree that the UHF contests was sick, but it did not need to be
> amputated. The cancellation with no alternate is really dangerous in
> keeping what little interest there is active. - DUffey KK6MC
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> On Mar 11, 2016, at 8:48 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
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> > At first blush, I am very disappointed.  August can offer some really
> fun UHF+ propagation that we don't typically see in April.  Also, if there
> really is an intent to encourage UHF+ contesting by the League they should
> have offered up an alternative plan before discontinuing the current one.
> The news release states that the Contest Revitalization Committee was
> responding to members requests, but did these members request that the
> contest be cancelled?    How did we get from looking at different contest
> formats or different dates to cancelling?
> >
> > Very disappointed.
> >
> > 73, Jon
> > W0ZQ
> >
>
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
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