[VHFcontesting] re: captive rovers

[Warren Walsh]

At 08:35 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >> 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


I think the one item everyone is overlooking - the Rover has to submit his 
log in order to see if this is a problem.  If none of these alleged 
"Captive Rover" logs are turned in, the just become "UNIQUES" in the fixed 
stations log.

73
Warren - K2BM