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Subject: [VHFcontesting] Rover questions/comments
From: Rusty Boling <ae4bk@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
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I don't see why everyone is so upset.  No need to get upset.  Just accept the 
facts or change the rules.  We can't change the science of radio, so it has to 
be rules that change if that is what is wanted.
 
Here are some nearly undeniable facts that everyone may as well accept to be 
competitive in any VHF/UHF contest on a national level.
 
1) You gotta be willing to sink some real money into your setup. (rigs, 
antennas,transverters,amps, feedline, towers, etc don't come cheap)
2) You better live at a good location or have access to one. (real estate is 
expensive especially hilltops and mountaintops or you better have a friend that 
owns one and it can't be restricted)
3) You better have more bands than your competition (refer to fact # 1) (it's 
all about the bands and bands means money money money)
4) You better have weekends off or some vacation time to burn because these 
contests are always on the weekend and they are very long (why not just 24 
hours like Field Day or maybe 12 hours)
5) You better live in/near or rove through the major population areas of New 
England or So Cal, or grid circle/pack rover/have a captive rover (one, the 
other or all) (rural areas out of the reach of ground wave of the major 
populations centers don't have a snowball's chance)
6) If you are not doing the above, you better be in direct connection with the 
propagation gods or schedule your astronaut ham buddies to pitch out some well 
timed sand out of the shuttle to generate you some major MS.
 
I am just waiting until VE stations get together with monster 10 band rover dog 
sleds and go pack roving/grid circling the North Pole and put all us US 
stations to shame.  They could be done in about 15 minutes while shooting for 
the billion point mark.
 
What else can we gripe about now?  How about monopolization the call 
frequencies!!!!
 
73 guys and I hope you got a good laugh and it made you think...Rusty  NE4ME 
formerly AE4BK
 
 

                
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