Mostly for John (but perhaps my description wasn't clear so to all),
WF5VHF/R has moved to a DIFFERENT Grid so there IS incentive to for >me< to
work him if I have NOT ALREADY worked >HIM< in that particular grid (perhaps he
was there previously in the contest), the QSO points DO count for me. However,
if >I< am a rover who has already worked WF5VHF/R from the grid >I< am
currently in (i.e. >I< have not changed grids), there would not be incentive
for WF5VHF/R to work me under my proposal since he will get ZERO QSO Points but
I HOPE that he _would_ work me so >I< can get the QSO Points (and maybe I can
reciprocate for him in some later reverse situation).
73, JK
----- Original Message -----
From: John Geiger (NE0P)<mailto:ne0p@lcisp.com>
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com<mailto:vhfcontesting@contesting.com> ; Tom
Carney<mailto:tomc7@earthlink.net> ; John Kalenowsky,
K9JK<mailto:k9jk73@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:03
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Rule Change Discussion
But there would still be times when it would be pointless to work a rover.
If I work WF5VHF/R on 2 meters in EM05, and then he goes to EM15, there would
be no reason to work him if I had already worked EM15 on 2 meters. I believe
this would still discourage rover activity.
I am not sure that the VHF contests are broken, so maybe we don't need to fix
them.
73s John NE0P
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK" <k9jk73@msn.com<mailto:k9jk73@msn.com>>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:52:02 -0500
>I agree with John and Tom...as someone who IS fairly active as a rover, I
would stop roving if ALL QSO points with other rovers were 'set' to be zero.
>
>HOWEVER, if the *first* contact I made on each band with another rover in a
given grid (*regardless* of >my< grid) got QSO Point credit, but further QSOs
(as I changed >my< grid) with that same rover in that same given grid got zero
points (kind of like we only get credit for the *first* time we work a
multiplier/grid square for each given band), I'd be OK with that. Of course,
that creates an entirely NEW Grid Circling strategy which can still be done for
an increase in score (though not as great an increase), but it also encourages
more time and effort to try and work stations OTHER than a circling partner or
members of your 'pack'. Admittedly, there would be some situations where the
OTHER rover would want contacts but I would have no incentive to work them and
vice versa, but I'd hope that I and the other rover( s) would find a way to
work that out.
>
>73, JK
<<snip, snip to cut some of the repetition>>
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