After these past few weeks of all the talk about rovers, captive rovers,
captivated rovers, and so on ad nauseum, I'd like to suggest a brief respite
from the above.
This Saturday, August 27, is the Ohio QSO Party. It has a Rover category,
in addition to a Mobile category and the usual single and multi operator
categories. The mobile category requires a station capable of motion, though
not
necessarily moving. The Rover category allows mobile stations to stop, put up
temporary antennas, and thereby potentially be a lot louder and easier to
work and be worked. It's sort of a mobile-on-steroids category. A Run 'n Gun
Mobile category, and a Stop 'n Shoot Rover category.
We have no captive rovers (or mobiles). We expect at least a dozen or so
Rovers and Mobiles who are captivated by the fun of driving around Ohio in the
late summertime while making lots of contest qsos. A typical mobile does 20+
counties in the 12 hours, so there are plenty of chances to work them again
and again. Plus lots of home stations to work as well.
So far as I know W2SZ/1 is not planning to be active in this contest. Nobody
will be chasing around west Texas working themselves, nor would we care if
they did.
So for those of you with HF capability, stop by on Saturday between noon and
midnight EDT (1600z to 0400z 8/28). Exchange qso number and QTH (Ohio
county or State/Province). Multipliers count once per mode (but not by band).
Full info is available at _www.oqp.us_ (http://www.oqp.us)
I'll be one of the Rovers out there. As noted elsewhere, with the price of
gas these days we need lots of help to keep down the cost per qso!
Hope to see lots of you on Saturday.
73 - Jim K8MR
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