Re: MAD - Sunday March 24, 2019
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:14 am
Well I would have loved to have been out on the Sunday playing microwave but unfortunately for me I had other commitments that I could not get out of and if there is one thing I hate it's missing out on a microwave weekend especially when interstate microwave operators are in town. I would have loved to have worked the vk5's and had some new call signs in the log book but it was not to be.
But it does seem to be a growing trend with the VK4 microwave scene where organisation of who is going where and what time we are starting etc. seems to get lost in translation. Every time there is a post about an MAD there is never a start time of even a suggested start time. This happens at every MAD and no one knows what the hell is going on. I've gone up the mountain once to play in an MAD and after getting setup I found the whole show was over. Without any prior notice the MAD started 2 hr's earlier because of a football game and everyone wanted to go home and watch it. That turned out to be a complete waste of time and money for me and almost turned me off wanting to bother with microwave.
If we are going to have these events then please for the love of God someone stand up and say this is the date, time and planed operation of the MAD and stick to that plan. none of this wait till the morning of the MAD and announce the MAD started 30 mins ago. Do this at least 2 weeks prior to the date and stick to it and those who are going out portable can make their arrangements around that. Too bloody simple but seem too bloody hard for the people of south east VK4.
Robert
VK4LHD
But it does seem to be a growing trend with the VK4 microwave scene where organisation of who is going where and what time we are starting etc. seems to get lost in translation. Every time there is a post about an MAD there is never a start time of even a suggested start time. This happens at every MAD and no one knows what the hell is going on. I've gone up the mountain once to play in an MAD and after getting setup I found the whole show was over. Without any prior notice the MAD started 2 hr's earlier because of a football game and everyone wanted to go home and watch it. That turned out to be a complete waste of time and money for me and almost turned me off wanting to bother with microwave.
If we are going to have these events then please for the love of God someone stand up and say this is the date, time and planed operation of the MAD and stick to that plan. none of this wait till the morning of the MAD and announce the MAD started 30 mins ago. Do this at least 2 weeks prior to the date and stick to it and those who are going out portable can make their arrangements around that. Too bloody simple but seem too bloody hard for the people of south east VK4.
Robert
VK4LHD