[NLRS] ARRL UHF Contest 2016 cancelled

[Gregg Lind]

*"The Committee will solicit member comments in the near future, as it
weighs several alternatives." *

In trying to keep this positive - and try to keep the sport going and
encourage growth and participation in the contest... I think this is a good
action for NLRS to submit a recommendation to the ARRL.  There is good
information in this email thread and lets collect it and make a
suggestion...


On another idea ---  I think we need a solution that make UHF more
affordable and attainable to amatuer radio community.  I have a
suggest proposal
/ solutions is finding a solution for transverter in a single package that
will cover -- 222 MHz, 432 MHz, 903 MHz and 1296 MHz. Since I have started
to do roving and getting involved I have run across a number of people that
do not have the money or ability to setup transverters, but may enjoy the
rover aspects or even fix site operation if a simple cost effective
solution. This is a bigger technical commitment that most people this is
a stretch to put 4 DEMI transverters etc together and relays, and multiple
IF etc.... I have great Engineers and local VHF/UHF people to tap and get
help form so I have access to people that can help me...  I have had the
ability to purchase my equipment mostly DEMI used or some new. But for
someone to buy into this your almost 600-900$ per band or build this it is
a task..  Or even finding the equipment on the used market is not easy.

I was thinking to promote this contest and get more people on the radio is
there someone or a group may be interested in building or designing a
solution for a single transverter and PA on these bands...  I think if we
had a 4 band solution this would promote more contest involvement...

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Chris Cox <chrisc at chris.org> wrote:

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> http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-2016-august-uhf-contest-cancelled
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