Sorry all. It appears the quote / thread marks didn't make it thru in my
email from 11:55 AM. The second paragraph from the bottom was from another
poster, my response was in the paragraph at the bottom.
My mistake.
Mark S
VE7AFZ
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 16, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Darryl Holman <djholman@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> Not really. General rule 3.7 specifies a 500' circle for all stations
> (which is modified in the VHF rules for rovers). See:
> http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-all-arrl-contests
>
> Best,
> Darryl
> ww7d
>
>> On 06/16/2015 11:55 AM, Mark Spencer wrote:
>> I don't think it is the intention of the rules to exclude mobiles. Looking
>> at the rules to see whare a mobile can fit, I see no restriction as to why
>> a mobile cannot simply enter as single operator. In the VHF rules, only
>> portable stations are restricted from moving. In the general rules,
>> everything must be contained within a 500 ft circle. In a mobile it is --
>> its all in one car. Did I miss something?
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>> Hi, I figured the intent of the rule was to prevent me from operating
>> outside of the 500 ft circle within a single grid, unless I chose to
>> operated as a rover. In my case it eventually helped prompt me to actually
>> rove to other grids (which is probably what the authour of the rules had in
>> mind ??) For some time though it prompted to operate from home vs gamble
>> that my chosen portable location in my home grid was going to be productive.
>> In years gone by I vaguely recall working from more than one location in a
>> grid and not entering a log in the contest. I figured nothing stopped me
>> from handing out contacts as a non contest participant (:
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