John, With a house bracket ( why two? ) the height you are planning is just fine. Rohn 25 is extremely strong stuff. With a good base (4' deep x 2'x 2') you can safely use it completely free standing
I think the main issue with this type of operation, which clearly is outside of the "intent" of the contest, is that the whole thing could be faked quite easily. They could claim they did all of that
Since we're discussing things that need to change to improve VHF contests, I wanted to make sure that my favorite needed change is not overlooked. My favorite is FM use in VHF contests. If ever there
Well said Ken. This is not unlike what is going on in some of the HF DX contests. It's all cheating. It's extending your operation and including other operators to help your score that you are not co
Buck, I disagree with a couple of your statements. You said: "The CA rovers were not a single contest operation - they submitted individual logs" and "the simple fact is that they are all individuals
Ev, I don't know the callsigns that the W2SZ team members used to work W2SZ, but in the case of the January N6NB operation, the rest of the N6NB team used N6ZZ and N6MU. 73, Bob W5OV Bob Naumann - W5
John, I'm not questioning anything. I'm making a statement. It's clear that the 3 N6NB group vehicles (N6NB, N6ZZ, N6MU), each using a different callsign is part of a single team effort. Heck, the te
Bill - KC2HAJ - right? You said: "But, to be fair, I AM biased here." Uh... no kidding. You are part of the W2SZ team. 73, Bob W5OV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting maili
I think in Dennis's case, his operation defines what rovers should be. A single rover, doing what they feel is best for his/their own score. Venturing out into their chosen area, to seek to do what t
I'd like to qualify my comment below regarding N2LBT's rover operations. I am presuming that his description is truthful, and his ambition is solely to maximize his own rover score and therefore he w
I am getting very tired of this discussion too, but I'm tired of the lack of understanding of and continued denial of what the problem is. The problem is that these captive rovers are in fact part of
In response to KD3NC (a past operator at W2SZ): First, you don't know me. I am neither lazy, nor a whiner. My motivation is to seek to get the rules changed to correctly address the issues at hand -
operators or crew. < Dave, My noting of your association with W2SZ was not to imply that you represented them, but rather to show that you are biased in this discussion. If you choose to continue to
reason. Agreed. I rest my case. 73, Bob W5OV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfco
"most everyone that responded thinks captive roving, pack roving, and circle roving are good ideas and that most of the hams that responded to me use or have used these tactics". What about the hundr
Rusty, I don't think you can draw any conclusion on based that small a sample. I also think there was something wrong with your original email which was blank with only the subject referencing a poll
The poll is inadequate. My personal experience with Grid Circling and my feelings as to if it should be an allowed strategy are best described as: - I have NOT Grid Circled and I believe it *should b
I am still puzzled why the problem with pack-rovering continues to be misunderstood. It is a team of rovers working together. They need to be recognized as a team and therefore not equivalent to a no
I have given some thought to some possible rule changes to address the issues discussed here. I am not intending for what I have written to be considered as anything more than a beginning of a discus
On the contrary: "2.X.1 Reporting requirements: A multi-operator station must submit a list of their captive rovers to vhfcaptiveroverlist@arrl.org prior to submitting the multi-op log. Each captive