I know... I know... I sound like a broken record. I'm looking at the
soapbox entry for N6NB. http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/?con_id=171
He's got a description of how they have evolved their contest expiditions to
meet the changing rules. They now have 8 "toolbox" stations and have
figured out that rover to rover contacts are best spread out around
different grids to maximize mults. Evidently, they can just keep adding
more box stations so they can keep circling as a group and keep "winning"
the contests.
What are they really accomplishing? They have a new operator whom they are
very excited about. She seems to have the ability to take equipment set up
and tested by others and plug it in to her Lexus. She then follows a group
to the desert and rotates the antenna a couple of times and will doubtless
get a pretty certificate that recognizes her skill.
Its absurd. I'm ready to advocate limiting rover to rover contacts to no
more than 4 and eliminating any mults as a result of rover to rover QSOs.
Yes, that would affect my score, but I don't care. The situation is out of
control and the group just keeps growing to keep pace with the rules.
GRRRRR...
Steve
K4GUN/R
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