Interesting. Its good to see that others experience a lot of the same things I have. Being new at this, I sometimes wonder if its just me. I'm going to ramble on a bit myself and share some things I'
For the June contest, there are 10 plaques available for each rover category. All 10 are sponsored this year. I know this because I talked Toyota into sponsoring them. Unfortunately, the lady from th
The ARRL web site now shows the claimed scores from the June VHF+ contest. http://www.arrl.org/contests/claimed/logs_rx.html?con_id=154 I've been trying to figure out how to capture those into an Exc
I was comparing all their operators to the list of submitted logs and realized that one of their group didn't submit one. N6TEB/R is not listed anywhere for a claimed score yet according to the soapb
This is odd. This subject had been dead for a week and today I have three different messages on it. Oh well. To respond to this one, I'm not sure what your point is. I don't question N6TEB's innovati
Perhaps it would help to get an idea what other rovers are doing as far as contacts with other rovers. In June, I made 251 QSOs. Of those, 13 were with other rovers. This was as a Limited Rover. That
The obvious reason this isn't a concern for fixed stations is because they could only do it once in a contest. With a rover, you can do it every time you cross into a new grid. Steve ________________
Thanks James. Believe it or not, I really started the discussion about that one rover who didn't submit a log. It really is a question of sheer curiosity and not an accusation of any kind. The guy pl
I just got an e-mail from a guy who is part of the grid dance crew. He told me that N6TEB is not, nor has ever been part of their group. I'm a little skeptical of this claim due to the soapbox of N6N
Its not illegal nor against the rules. I will not use the word "unethical", but I will say its a violation of the spirit of the new rules. There are now three rover classes and this was done in order
This is perhaps the best summary I have seen to describe what I see as the problem. I commend the VUAC for making an attempt to clean it up and I don't think there's any need to criticize their effor
You don't have to wait for the scores to come out. Take a look at the log submissions and you'll see that they have the claimed scores posted. Put that into a spreadsheet and take a look at the top s
Why unlimited? With those power levels, you could enter as Limited Rover. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
We will miss you, but I think you're taking some things out of context. This discussion has been about how to make roving better for all. It is the opinion of many here, including myself, that the ru
I could be naive about this, but I don't see Limited Rover (LR) being a rookie class. Its just limited. When getting ready for June, I went back through previous year's contest scores. You can sort o
That may well be the case. These guys may just be better at this than the rest of us and if so, more power to them. I simply think operating as a team places them in a different category than the res
A sked is not team operation. SOLP stations can't even use APRS information, let alone send out captive rovers. Skeds are totally different than what we're talking about here. _______________________
If you believe that is the logic, then you haven't been listening. Use of APRS data is not allowed for non-assisted stations. Why? Self spotting is not allowed. Why? Use of repeaters is not allowed.
I'm going to try to make this my last word on the subject. I think some people are getting pretty worked up over this and making accusations that go way beyond what is reality. I can see that we will
I'm getting plans together for the September VHF+ contest and wanted to get some opinions of a proposed route. I'm thinking of starting in the convergence of FN21/31/30/20. Specifically, I'm thinking