[Wswss] Fw: Ideas for promoting VHF+ contests

[John Kountz]

Wayne, etal,
I've an even better plan:
Encourage all those newbies who have just been licensed and have hurried 
down to their favorite amateur cnfectionary wherein they have purchased a 
handheld which sure as the sun rises has at least 2 meters if not 2 metere 
and 70 centimeters.  A sign placed appropriately at the exit of the 
confectioary could suggest the dates for the year's contests with the 
suggestion that instead of being destinated on the local reeater they get 
out on the porch and call CQ on any number of 2 meter frequencies or, for a 
real challenge, the only 70 cm frequency left for simplex operation thanks 
to the folks allocating pairs to private Spanky's Clubhouse entrepreneurs.
Depending on how serious and how sincere the conversation, and how comitted 
the individual is to amateur radio (beyond showing dad that I can do it too) 
you would find a lot of yout willing to give contesting a try.
73 OM
John, WO1S/T6EE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Overbeck" <overbeck6 at yahoo.com>
To: <wswss at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:19 PM
Subject: [Wswss] Ideas for promoting VHF+ contests


> This was just approved by the ARRL Programs & Services
> Committee, a board-level committee.
>
> (quote)
>
> 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 apabilities. 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.
>
> (unquote)
>
> I am the Southwestern Division VUAC representative.  WA6KLK is the
> Pacific Division representative and N7SC represents the Northwestern
> Division.
>
> -Wayne, N6NB
>
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