[VHFcontesting] LOTW and Rover Ops

[David A. Pruett]

At 03:22 PM 11/8/03 -0500, Lee Scott - AA1YN wrote:
>If someone worked the contest as a rover than I logged that person as 
>call/R no mater what mode was used. This is a requirement of the ARRL VHF 
>contests in order to receive credit for working that station more than 
>once per band.

I don't think that is true.  I never put /R on a rover's call because my 
logging software (NA) knows in the VHF contests to use the grid field along 
with the callsign to calculate dupes.

We've been doing serious limited multi-ops in every ARRL VHF contest over 
the past two years and have not lost a single multiplier because we didn't 
have "/R" on the call.

I am the logchecker for the ARRL 160M and 10M contests, and we strip off 
all callsign appendages (call areas, /R, /a, /p, /QRP, whatever) that do 
not determine the country before checking.  No doubt some people will be 
shocked at this, but the appendages offer don't contribute towards the 
fundamental goal of log-checking; that is, were the claimed QSOs actually made?

Down in my heart I am a callsign purist.  It pained me greatly when the FCC 
removed the requirement for signing portable (FD never seemed the same, but 
it IS easier).  However, the use of logging software has made me look at my 
log like a logcheckers do - I don't log callsign appendages unless 
necessary.  Most duping algorithms will treat K8CC and K8CC/5 as different 
calls, but the logcheckers will call them dupes.  And while I respect QRP 
operators, I don't care that they're QRP and will not log "/QRP" on their call.

73,

Dave/K8CC