"Dave Heil" wrote in message
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bb wrote:

Dan/W4NTI wrote:

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Dee Flint wrote:


I and the OM also worked some of the VHF contest and noticed a very
strange
thing. Only 10% of the contacts that we made were Technician
operators.
On
the other hand, 80% of them were Extra class operators. So where are
all
the Techs who are "trapped" in VHF and above because they "can't" pass
the
code (as some would have us believe)?

It's Techs being Techs again, they're too busy "advancing the state of
the art" to be bothered with learning the code and contesting.


Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

w3rv


BWAHHHHHHHHH....we both know the "Tech" license stopped being technical
in
nature way back in the early 60s.


Dan, I've never seen you advocating "Truth in Licensing." Have you
said as much to the FCC in any of your NPRM comments?


And MOST VHF/UHF contesting is done in SSB mode.

Dan/W4NTI


If most of the VHF/UHF Contestors are Extra's as Dee says, why isn't CW
used most often?

It is used, "bb", but ops are attempting to maximize score by working
everyone, even those not using CW. I switch modes quite often during the
course of a VHF/UHF contest. During heavy aurora, CW works much better
than SSB. I'd have thought you'd have already known it.

Dave K8MN

Correct.....in fact I see CW activity INCREASING on VHF. At least 6
meters, which is all I have running, right now.

Years ago it was nearly impossible to get a CW contact on VHF. In fact a
lot of rigs, homebrew and/or commercial didn't even have a key jack in them.

I like seeing CW on VHF. I do like everyone else does, if their trying to
maximize QSO's, contest or otherwise. Both modes.

Dan/W4NTI