At 8/25/2005 09:05 AM, frank bechdoldt wrote:
>well were up to about 60 percent who think its wring so thats 25 of us.
I attempted to write to Frank off the list, but he has his mail blocked, so I
will pose my question to him via the list.
"It seems to me that speak from experience as a rover and are rather vocal as
to the captive rover arguments. I see that you have submitted rover logs in
the past, but I also see that you have not used bands above 1.2G. Is that
true? Have you ever rovered with microwaves or used microwaves to work rovers?"
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org>
>> To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>> Date: 8/25/2005 6:01:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Grid Circling
>>
>> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Fisher, Mike wrote:
>>
>> > I still think the captive rover is WRONG!!!! It may be allowed (in the
>> > rules) to ONLY work the stations in your group/club, but to me if you're
>> > only giving points to the QUEEN BEE that that's not in the SPIRIT of
>> > contesting.
>> >
>> > As long as it's a win at all costs, this will never get any better.
>> > Maybe one year I will WIN an event but a "win just to win" takes ALL
>> > the fun out of it.
>> >
>> > Mike Fisher N3VOP FM19
>> >
>>
>> Once upon a time, microwave activity was nil. I can understand that in
>> the distant past if a club had microwave equipment but no one to work up
>> there, it made sense to equip others with such gear and have them go off
>> and work you. At that time there was probably no one else to work. I've
>> been considering doing that myself. I have two functional transverters
>> for 3456 and 5760 and I'm considering building another for 10 GHz. I can
>> lend them to someone to go off somewhere and work me. BUT - I know of at
>> least 4 other stations I can now count on to work on 2304 and a couple on
>> the higher bands. I will certainly work them even if it means missing
>> some time on 144 or 432, etc. And I hope the person I loan my equipment
>to
>> will do the same (work other people).
>>
>> I can't see that as an excuse for "captive stations" on the lower VHF/UHF
>> bands, though. There's plenty of people to work there for most of us,
>> anyway.
>>
>> That said, I can see the "grid circling" might be a novel idea to try
>once
>> just to see what you could accomplish. But I certainly wouldn't want to
>> do it in every contest. I'd think it would be a matter of "Been there,
>> done that, let's try something else new." Especially since gas prices are
>> likely to be $4/gallon when the January contest comes around.
>>
>> Me? I still plan on Single-Op Portable on hilltops for most of my
>> operations. I might get back to Bald Knob with N5RP for another contest
>> sometime too, if I can manage the schedule. I think we'll be a more
>> formidable team next time. :-)
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>
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