[VHFcontesting] re: captive rovers

[W0eea at aol.com]

>> General Rules for ARRL Contests on Bands Above 50 MHz
>> 
>> 2.3.5.All Rovers are encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow as 

>> many stations as possible to contact them. 

>Ah - I remember that rule.  I think perhaps I was on the CAC when it was 
>adopted.
>
>It was a tough rule to write - how do you enforce it?

You write a new rule based upon an arbitrary percentage of the contacts in 
the rover's log that can be made with any one station.  To me that is 49%.  If 
half or more of the contacts in a rover's log are with one station he isn't 
trying hard enough to work other people.  

(Yes I understand it could still be abused unless the rule was written and 
applied on a QSOs per band basis.)

(BTW such a rule would also have prevented abuse of rover squared type 
operation - the rules wouldn't have had to be rewritten - but that's another 
argument completely. )

73,

Jim 
w0eea at aol.com