The way the rules are now, you cannot work a station more than once from
one grid. A mobile station can only work stations once if that person stays
in one grid. I don't understand why a person would want to do other than
stay in one place and call themselves "portable" if staying in a single
grid. And it's not more than about 35 miles or so to any next 4-character
grid over most of the USA.
So why not just travel to another grid and make a few QSO's? Many Rovers
work people while in motion, traveling to the next grid. I don't see any
reason to add a category or change the rules. The only time working a
station from more than one spot in a single grid square may be of benefit
is on the bands 24 GHz and higher. But most operation up there takes place
in the 10+ GHz contest, which has different rules than the VHF contests.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
wrote:
> Changing the Rover description to allow a single grid operation would
> be the EASIEST, but would sort of violate the spirit of roving. I
> didn't want to suggest changing any rule, just adding a clarification
> to an existing category. I'm not in favor of creating a actual MOBILE
> category.
>
> Jay W9RM
>
> Keith J Morehouse
> Managing Partner
> Calmesa Partners G.P.
> Olathe, CO
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Bob K0NR - email list <list@k0nr.com>
> wrote:
> > Jay,
> > Interesting idea. This does look like a "clean up" issue in the rules.
> >
> > I was thinking the Rover categories could just be changed to allow
> staying
> > in one grid. Either approach could work. The mobile stations would
> probably
> > be at a disadvantage either way, which could lead to Yet Another Entry
> > Category.
> >
> > 73, Bob K0NR
> >
> > On 6/15/2015 10:28 PM, Keith Morehouse wrote:
> >>
> >> I have heard this complaint for quite a while and agree its a
> problem,Jay
> >> although I never equated it with the growth of VHF contesting. I now
> >> see that it could.
> >>
> >> This should be a simple rule change. Add a footnote to the definition
> >> of single operator that allows entry to a mobile station guided and
> >> operated by a single person and not connected to a antenna structure
> >> considered permanent. Under single op rules, the mobile station would
> >> be allowed to traverse as many grids as the operator wished but could
> >> only contact unique stations once. This could be taken a step further
> >> by adding the same definition to multi-op classes, allowing mobile
> >> operation in a single vehicle by more then one person. The addition
> >> of this simple definition would not affect the current 500 meter fixed
> >> station circle, or whatever the criteria is for a fixed station.
> >
> >
> >
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