The following represents the top 10 percent (sorted by score submitted) of the participants from last year's Janaury VHF SS, without regard as to "Class of Entry". 800 Entries overall, with the "top
What does HamIM look like from a participant's point of view? Take a look: http://w2ev.rochesterny.org/HamIM/Images/HamIM-InAction.htm There is already talk that at least one HamIM equipped Rover wil
This is a great opportunity to take advantage of HamIM, and to start working on putting that addition in your arsenal. Here in WNY, I've now logged FIVE home-stations with HamIM capability, getting
Whew! I'm glad we ducked THAT bullet. Let's hope we don't have to put up with Es next weekend. <grin> Ev, W2EV -- HamIM : Messaging the all-ham way, find Rovers as they go to play. That HamIM, that H
I'm not intending to pick on anyone....simply inform the masses. How many of us actually print out published rover schedules? How many Rovers keep their schedules fully? Rhetorical....I'm not asking
http://vhfgroup.rochesterny.org/downloads/ Ev, W2EV -- HamIM : Messaging the all-ham way, find Rovers as they go to play. That HamIM, that HamIM -- I'm sure you'll like that HamIM. -- http://w2ev.roc
Argue against technological evolution all you want to, but the world around us is changing. January VHF SS 2004 included technologies and strategies that were unavailable 5-years ago and they were a-
Tom Carney wrote: If you don't intend to prohibit circling, why not a rule that prohibits a rover from re-entering a grid without a 4/8/12 hour intervening time. Seems like this would effectively pro
jon jones wrote: As the new Midwest Division representative to the CAC (and a long time VHF Contester) I will be following the comments on this Reflector to Tom K1KI's recommendations closely to help
Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote: Stupid idea. What's wrong if I drive down the freeway a few hundred miles, maybe stop and do something else, then drive back the same route? So I can't work guys on the way hom
John K9IJ wrote: It's win-win. Nope. It's lose lose Oh, of course. Now it makes sense. gn, Ev, W2EV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting
Lee Hiers wrote: "Once operation has ceased, the same grid may not be re-activated by the same moving station in the same contest. Operation in a previous grid is considered 'ceased' as soon as a sin
John K9IJ wrote: There are a lot of rovers that squeeze rover activity into other activities in their busy days. Commuting to and from a work location, for example. Telling those people that they can
"Once operation has ceased, the same grid may not be re-activated by the same moving station in the same contest. Operation in a previous grid is considered 'ceased' as soon as a single contact is ma
N3AWS@aol.com wrote: Why not simply say grid circling and captive rovers are OK, but all such stations that engage in this type of operation are ineligible for awards and any records they set will be
Dan Evans wrote: I know absolutely that here in the midwest there's absolutely no way that we can compete head to head with the east coast and west coast rovers. Nor do we need to. We are all scored
George Fremin III wrote: Yeah - you would wonder what the fun would be in spending all weekend working two other people. If you haven't seen this yet...there's a Rover score posted to 3830 that lists
detect grid circling and captive rover activity then maybe that is the best way to discourage it. Therefore the contest sponsor "refereeing" the activity may not be nearly as subjective as it would f
So does this mean I have to run every single minute of the contest? Hi John, Not at all (but you knew that). :) It was simply a nudge to "dad" to remind "him" that an ounce of "prevention" is better
With the intent to offer a public forum on another point of consideration, I'd like to say the following about this: Because rover scores can be so large under the original rover From a club-rover pe