----- Original Message -----
From: "Ev Tupis (W2EV)" <w2ev@arrl.net>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 4:06 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] A Brief History of (Captive) Roving
> 1. There was a time when there was little activity above 1296 MHz.
> 2. Multi-Ops _Elmered_ rovers into the higher bands for obvious reasons.
> NOTE: Isn't this EXACTLY what needs to be done to "save the VHF
contests"?
> Let's not be hyprcritical. ;-)
> 3. Rovers thanked them by making sure that the multi-ops got logged from
> every visited grid on every available band.
> NOTE: Not to the exclusion of others...but with a special effort to
make
> sure the multi-op that Elmered them got taken care of.
>
> I don't call that captive, I call it gratitude.
>
> The term "captive rover" was coined by the people that got 'miffed' (read
this
> sentence over and over until you understand it).
On the other hand the description seems to fit. (And, as far as I know,
I've never even heard a captive rover much less had one refuse to work me.)
73 Tom KE6FI/r
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