VHF UHF Contesting- how can we give it a shot in the arm ?

VHF UHF Contesting- how can we give it a shot in the arm ?

Is it ham radio that needs the shot in the arm ? Inactive repeaters , few stations on most bands, stations with no antennae….

Is it too late to reverse the trend ?

Does VHF UHF contesting need to categorise Microwave and the rest ?

Has the Microwave focus disenfranchised too many ?

Why don’t F Calls partake ?

Is the Dx based scoring fundamentally flawed – Should it score only after 100 km ? And no more after 1000km ? Something like base score is ten points and then going up after 100 km and no points for under 25km ?

Should the field days be renamed Activity Days and all stations compete in the same categories ? Hilltoppers would be not unlike expeditions in HF contests… and have that advantage of location location location

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