[Fourlanders] [Fwd: [Fwd: Rover News]]

[Brian McCarthy]

Please welcome Mike, N4OFA, to the Fourlanders list. Please read through 
the following. It should be self-explanatory. Let's see if we can 
finally start to demonstrate the activity potential of the SouthEast!

Cheers,
Brian
NX9O

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Fwd: Rover News]
Date: 	Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:49:54 -0400
From: 	Bob Lear <k4sz at alltel.net>
Reply-To: 	k4sz at alltel.net
Organization: 	SVHFS
To: 	Brian McCarthy <rfacres at akorn.net>



Brian, FYI and if you can add Mike to the 4L reflector when you get
around to it.  Thanks, Bob


What's the latest??

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From: n4ofa at localnet.com

Bob,

Very nice posting about our Shelby Dinner, we will have our act together 
this year and get the word out Nice and early.  We are making some 
wonderful memories aren't we.  There is nothing like SHELBY,a true 
southern experience.

 On another note:  Next June Vhf Contest, I am working toward having a 
LARGE group of rovers putting On grids in our area.   How about 20 
ROVERS?   Yea, what fun that would be for everyone.

If we can get all the mountaintop groups involved, like the fourlanders, 
AA4ZZ, and the club stations, this next June contest will be the most 
exciting EVER.   If you could let me know how to get on the list for the 
Fourlanders contest group, I would like to get everyone involved.  I 
especially would love
to have all your microwave bands on the air, I  want to keep you guys 
busy.   I am sure that there are extra microwave transverters and 
antennas that could be loaned out and put on the air. I think that even 
AA4ZZ has some extra gear, we might talk them into putting on a extra 
band or two.

Let's design some plans, charts, spreadsheets, draw some pictures, hook 
up the soldering iorn, build some antennas,

Encourage a new rover,  talk it up at the SVHFS conference and local 
clubs.  We need some EXCITEMENT!

Here is a copy of my mail to the Rover group.  Let me know what you 
think, you always have the best

Ideas, who else could we involve?

Some of you have already heard my idea to have lots of rovers HERE in 
our area in the June 2005 VHF Contest.  Imagine having 20 rovers in 
multiple grids, wow what fun everyone could have, rovers and fixed 
stations alike.  I picture the multi opp stations so busy that they 
would finally yell,  "please no more contacts from the rovers"..............

What would it take to find, encourage, plan, outfit, publicize, an 
effort like this?  First and foremost, EVERYONE HELPING, EVERYONE 
EXCITED, EVERYONE GETTING THEIR LOCAL STATIONS INVOLVED.  IDEAS, WORK, 
SUCCESS

Well, it looks like this idea is not a new one and has already been 
done; it had great success and you can read all about it on the 
following links.  Here is what is great; someone did a lot of the 
planning already and we can use their format.  Please check it out   
http://www.nlrs.org/RoverPlans/2004-08/RoverMania.htm

What do we do first?  I need e-mail addresses of potential rovers and 
also fixed stations that would actively participate.   What do YOU 
THINK?   Ted, I know you have lots of good ideas for us......lets get 
the creative juices flowing.

Please go to and read what it was like with 16 rovers during "Rover 
Mania", the link is near the end of the pages.

http://www.qsl.net/km0t/   I always learn something when I read about 
his newest contest efforts, a great site.

What did those guys do to prepare for their "Rover Mania" that we can 
emulate?

Send in those e-mail addresses and let's get started.......we need even 
those fixed stations, hill toppers, club stations, limited multi opps to 
be a part of the planning.  I lost all my addresses twice because of 
computer damage.

Hope everyone had a successful adventure in the September contest; I 
only got to two grids because of the Blue Ridge Parkway closing, and 
looks like they will have to keep it closed for a while because of the 
water damage.

If you do not want to be included on this mail list, please let me know.

73 Mike