[NLRS] ARRL UHF Contest 2016 cancelled

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

It sure got harder here after a tough contest with only one Q to have it 
posted as a score of -1 because the translator from paper to computer 
made a mistake. Harder to put work into UHF station and antennas. With 
that purged from the records that cut the number of logs by at least one 
that year.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 3/11/2016 12:28 PM, John Kalenowsky wrote:
>
>
> Could an alternately 'hosted' August 2016 event be the last of the
> ROVERMANIAS? I'd love to see someone/group step in and sponsor it for THIS
> August AND get enough participation NATIONALLY to finally achieve my long
> stated goal of more than 250 log submissions for an August contest. A
> significant bit of work would be needed, though, log checking is not pretty.
>
> It might be interesting if folks voted with their feet and opted to NOT
> participate in the replacement contest in Spring of 2017.
>
> As well, I am finding it difficult to accept that cancelling THIS year's
> August contest is 'revitalization' but at least the committee did
> something. AND, if log counts in the upper 100s (as the UHF Contest has
> achieved in recent years) are not sufficient to KEEP a contest going - I'd
> suggest that the 10 GHz and EME contests might also be candidates for
> similar 'revitalization' (both with recent log submission counts in the low
> 100s).
>
> Finally (and perhaps a slightly 'personal' gripe), it sure would have been
> nice if the cancellation of the 2016 August event could have been
> decided/confirmed BEFORE I wrote the results article for 2015 that stated
> that the 2016 running of the August UHF contest would be on August 6th and
> 7th. Oh, well.
>
> 73, JK
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