Dates are almost surely not correct. 1983 - ARRL adopts Maidenhead system and creates grid locators and VUCC. It's a hit. 1983 - 1985 Guys go out during contests and work other guys from adjacent gri
The only change I want is a return to the original rover rules. CQ Magazine uses those rules for the CQVHF contest, and I think the spring and fall sprints use the original rover rules also. 73s John
I don't want to get into the middle of this but since the Fall Sprints have been mentioned I have one comment/question. Yes, we use the original rover rules in the fall sprint. One problem though. We
As a rover who made a decision not to rove in the sprints I will tell you the sprints are too short to rove unless you live or are willing and able to get to a corner to start near. For me I could hi
DEMI already sponsors a participation award for 222 and microwaves. I haven't actively approached anyone but if someone wants to do something similar for 6, 2 and/or 432 we would be open to that. 73
Short answer- time...not enough of it. Long answer- I have rovered the various sprints- takes a bit of prior planning. I have also operated from home, and done portable operations near home. Roving--
Jim, The biggest problem we have for rover operations is that it usually takes us 1-2 days to prep the vehicle for roving. It's alot of work for setup and tear down for just a few hours of operations