[VHFcontesting] Re: re: Captive rovers

[on4kj]

There isn't that much space here for  rover practice.... but nevertheless
some of our people in vhf/uhf contest will blow you litteraly of the bands
with kw amps that were not allowed untill for short. One should know in some
regions in west europe during contest its very very crowdy. I am in JO10ro ,
one out of 10 active. You can imagine how many stations can be actif in
JO10.
But it is still fun, and your  rovers, captive or not, are not wmd's are
they ?

Have fun guys  annnnnnnd 73's to all
Jos on4kj.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald M. Ross" <dross at sirinet.net>
To: "'on4kj'" <on4kj at skynet.be>; "'DUGAS, JASON A. (JSC-EP) (NASA)'"
<jason.a.dugas at nasa.gov>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] Re: re: Captive rovers


> Someone whose opinion is just as valid as everyone else's.
>
> How do you guys do it over there?  Do you have rovers in your contests?
>
> Don, NL7CO/EM04
>
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Re: re: Captive rovers
>
> But who am I.........
>
> Jos on4kj
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DUGAS, JASON A. (JSC-EP) (NASA)" <jason.a.dugas at nasa.gov>
> To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:23 PM
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Re: re: Captive rovers
>
>
> >
> >
> > > 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?  The intent of
> the
> > rule was to prevent such a thing from happening.  How could a rover be
> in
> > an area where there is lots of activity and only work a single station
> > from a number of grids?  It smells REALLY poor.
> >
> > I would submit that this rover is not following this rule.  But here
> we
> > have most people saying "oh - it's okay - it follows the rules".
> >
> > Furthermore, I would suggest that their activity is not helping
> promote
> > activity and interest in the contest - and really should be frowned
> upon
> > by the VHF contesteing community.  It is not the best thing for the
> > overall health of the contest.
> >
> > Any competitive entry should take steps to avoid this type of
> situation.
> >
> > Tree N6TR
> > tree at kkn.net
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I agree with Tree's comment.  The collective "frowning upon" of this
> type
> of
> > activity by this and other communities might go a long ways towards
> > curtailing it.  Here are my frowns:
> > :-/
> > :-<
> > :-(
> >
> > Jason
> > KB5URQ
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