Congratulations on having the biggest zip file since the inception of the vhf contest group. We beat last month which was inflated by talk of ethics and distance scoring. How in the Heck did I miss t
Congratulations on having the biggest zip file since the inception of the vhf contest group. We beat last month which was inflated by talk of ethics and distance scoring. How in the Heck did I miss t
Joe, put some batteries back there. Use your trailer plug to charge them. I run 4 spare batteries all charged off alternator. If your rig is very picky, put a voltage booster on your rig. I find my f
Please change the charter to exclude rovers or hit delete on a rover topic you don't like. The discussion comes form the opperational practices and they are discussed here. I was trying to gracefully
Im confused. I went back through the threads and gregg never put a dog in the rover fight. My hate mail made me mad, but I understand he is passionate as I and I forgive him. After all he left his na
Open letter To the VUAC & ARRL. In the January 08 contest, Please look at the overall 10th place finisher, 16th place finisher and 20th place finisher and consider how many qsos they made outside of
I will be activating cn 86/85/84/83/93/92 tonight. I hear 6 meters is open. I will be on 6 and 2 meters and 432 on request. Tommorow if the band is open I will climb high in cn91 and 81. I'd hook uip
Les, I would go with a headache rack mounted to your truck. ON the headache rack, mount pipes that you can slip masts into. I did this on my new rover set up. You can put up a few masts and hold seve
I forgot, you cant post pictures, sorry Gene. anyone wanting pictures can e-mail me dirrectly k3uhf You might havr to rotate a couple of these.My e-mail program sucks.... IE no spell checker... To an
this time I tapped a 1/4 20 screw in the tube of the DE that holds the reflector. I uses a large screw head. It should keep it from falling apart. I also keep it snug, not hard tight. So when it hit
I would like to thank QST for the aricle on the June contest. It brought up the issue and demostrates the team roving/ grid circlers that work in teams across the entry catagories to win a that was s
To answer Jamess question : The issue is more the manipulation of the rules and lack of forethought in the creation of the rules. That being taking something that was meant to encourage new people to
I respectfully disagree with Duffy, I think he a nice guy, though... and encourage him to keep roving in out here in the middle of nowhere. Actually there is a spirit and intent of all rules made by
actually I worked another rover another station 45 times with a combo of 6 bands while never coming within 100 miles of his rover. That being said I would be happy to limit it to the first 30 contact
I feel we own the logs as member of ARRL. Perhaps some should formally ask to see them. The ARRL is a membership and maybe a non-profit, Im not so sure they could legally hide them. If my ARRL dues p
The stats idea is great. There is so many things that could be focused on there in a positive fashion. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works
the what bands poll prove the point the guys in the 2 and four percent in the higher bands manipulated the contest rules despite the clear intent of the ARRL. The 2 and four prcenters do not represen
If there is a controversy over a perceived rule flaw of a contesting system used on VHF the contesting reflector is the place for it. People will try to take what starts as a civil debate and twist i
Someone asked for contact info. Your rep here might be a good place to start when asking that the logs be avilable to the public. CAC members as of July 8th 2008 Atlantic DivisionMike Gilmer, N2MG460
It appears that the discussion is open where it counts As I think about it more the only way to Simply fix it and include it is: rover to rover QSOs and multipliers can not be counted unless both Rov