Everyone who is contributing to this discussion on roving should read W9GKA's excellent monograph on the impacts of various changes on VHF contesting over the years: < http://www.w9smc.com/SMC%20VHF/
I think it is useful to look at the 10 GHz contest to see how roving can be handled effectively in a VHF contest. Most of the participants in the 10 GHz and Up contest operate at portable locations a
Bruce - Some insight as to what N6NB thinks of the rover rules can be found in the 2008 UHF Soapbox: < http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html? con_id=157&call=N6NB > I do not that he and tho
Mark - What do you need to put a site on your list? I have some here I have gone to that might be of interest to people. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM ________________________________
Terry and the Pirates - (sorry, couldn't resist) This is a good step forward and you and the Grid Pirates are to be commended for it. Let us know how to send our logs in for you to post. The ARRL sho
There are several simple rules or scoring modifications that can be implemented without artificially restricting the number of QSOs that can be made by rovers of any class. I have discussed these ear
OK, the number of rovers is modest, about 10% of the VHF contesting community. It would be nice to have more. So, if you are an active VHF contester, particularly for a long time, why don't you rove?
That is not allowed: 1.2.Individuals and stations are limited to one entry per contest. But such an operation would be allowed as an unlimited Rover. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM ___
Jeff - First off, most 2M antennas will load OK on 70cm, it being the third harmonic. Yagis will usually present a reasonable load to 50 Ohms, but, and this is a big but, the pattern will be split in
Steve - I have enjoyed this thread. Thanks for a first hand glimpse of typical roving in the northeast. Things are different in the west, where VHF/UHF activity is low and the number of rovers even f
Jim - You gave very good advice to rovers:" ...instead of just disappearing before hitting the band switch, please take a moment to say something like "THIS IS K8ROV/ROVER - ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE BE
"Further, I find it very interesting to read how the rovers say they are calling CQ. I tune A LOT, often in between my CQ's, and it is quite unusual for me to come across a rover calling CQ. And I do
If you want 10, a good one to add is "Be loud on two" - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting
I will rove in the VHF COntest this weekend. Here is my itinerary. DM74 at the gravel pits SE of Moriarity at 1900Z DM75 at the Longhorn Ranch east of Moriarity at 2000Z Then at 2045 to 2100 dependin
Thanks to everybody for working me in this past weekend's contest. I had a good rove. No enhanced propagation, but enough local activity to keep things interesting. This is considerably better than l
Bill - I picked up a copy of February CQ magazine today at Newsland across from the University on Central. They still had a copy left on Saturday afternoon. I suspect that you could get one at Hastin
Steve - I understand your frustration. But I think it is misplaced. The question "What is accomplished?" can be applied to all of us, and probably has been at one time or another. What is accomplishe
Bruce - Thanks for the comments. It is nice to hear from someone who directly benefits from the N6NB efforts that is not a rover. I appreciate your attitude, and if we had more hams with similar atti
As I have posted earlier, I don't think that banning rovers who grid circle from competition is the right answer. I understand that you do not wish to compete with them. Look at the soapbox for the 1
Hi Marshall and thanks for the nice write up on what it takes to do a multi multi VHF station where VHF contesting activity is modest. It looks like I will have to take a roving trip to East Texas on