General Rules for ARRL Contests on Bands Above 50 MHz 2.3.5.All Rovers are encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow as many stations as possible to contact them. 73, Jim w0eea@aol.com
Ah - I remember that rule. I think perhaps I was on the CAC when it was adopted. It was a tough rule to write - how do you enforce it? The intent of the rule was to prevent such a thing from happeni
There is a big difference between "encourage" and "require". Couldn't you also interpret this rule as stating that rovers should get on all bands, run as much power as possible, to the best antennas
Obvious Man asks... Is this really a question that one would expect from a sitting member of the CAC? I ask from ignorance. Nothing more. <scratching my head>, Evhen Tupis, W2EV
This is a little like the question, "How long have you beat your wife?". It assumes that it is happening; and simply asking the question is prejorative. In this case, it assumes that Captive rovering
It states "...operating practices..." Danny NG9R Danny Pease dpease@adams.net ....................................................... Sent using Adams WebMail -- http://webmail.adams.net Adams NetWor
You write a new rule based upon an arbitrary percentage of the contacts in the rover's log that can be made with any one station. To me that is 49%. If half or more of the contacts in a rover's log
When Jim was in Illinois he was one of the rovers that always tried to work as many different people as possible. The other rovers in this area do also, as far as I know. Some are just hard to work w
I think the one item everyone is overlooking - the Rover has to submit his log in order to see if this is a problem. If none of these alleged "Captive Rover" logs are turned in, the just become "UNIQ
OK, but wouldn't "operating practices" still include staying up all 36 hours operating? John NE0P http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listin
I can't say I expect anyone to operate beyond their limits of comfort for any contest, much less as a driver of a vehicle where there are multiple safety issues. That said, I am sure there are diehar
Well, let's say my premise is true - would that be over the line enough that it could be enforced? Or at least a letter written suggesting that it shouldn't be continued? Tree
Not necessarily. If you have all of the logs that were submitted, you can see if a rover station only appears in a single log. True, it is possible that the rover worked someone else you don't have
My limited experience here in the "Black Hole" (even worse in VHF test) with rovers is limited, but all I have heard on are not "captive" and many times provide the only contact in several grids on m
This is true. However since this is NOT AGAINST the rules, just the SPIRIT of competition, it appears to be non-issue for most of the other competitors. I'm not sure if there is even a penalty for "B
If they can do it! Actually, around here it would be pointless from what I can tell. On Saturday nights of the contests most people hit the sack some time during the night; the bands get pretty quiet
This is a forum that helps frame public opinion. We are not talking about what is legal or illegal. We are talking more about ethics and what is good for the sport of contesting. What does the VHF c
I'm trying to figure out what you find so objectionable about this. Everybody is free to use captive rovers just like everybody is free to run a big station with lots of power and big antennas. Any o
So then you work a few that you know will send in logs and then move to the next grid. For example, if you were in FN22, FN23, FN32, or FN33 you could easiliy work me, W3HHN, WA2RQC, WB2KLD just to n