[VHFcontesting] Rover Circling Solution [was: ARRL VHF+ contest proposals: input invited]

[Lee Hiers]

On 20 Feb 2004 at 20:07, Ev Tupis wrote:

> > If you don't intend to prohibit circling, why not a rule that prohibits a
> > rover from re-entering a grid without a 4/8/12 hour intervening time.  Seems
> > like this would effectively prohibit circling and not be subjective.
> 
> B-I-N-G-O  We have a winner.  This was proposed long ago, before the 
> rules changed.  This is the right thing to do.  Add one simple line to 
> the rules...
> 
> "Once operation has ceased, the same grid may not be re-activated by the 
> same moving station in the same contest.  Operation in a previous grid 
> is considered 'ceased' as soon as a single contact is made from a new grid."
> 
> No ambiguity.  Easily understood.  Easily policed.

B-L-A-T-T!  We have a loser.

I remember back in the California QSO party a few years 
back, early in the morning, I was operating mobile and the 
rules stated that you had to work at least 10 guys from a 
county before you could get the multiplier for activating a 
county.  Because it was so early, we couldn't find 10 guys 
to work.  We had to move back and forth between the 
counties about 4 or 5 times just to make sure we had 10 Qs 
in each before moving on to the next one.

Here in the southeast, with no enhanced propagation, I 
might decide that I want to move back and forth from one 
grid to another in less than 4/8/12 hours.

And what if I decide to take the same route both days?  

Both are perfectly legitimate activities.  

Oh well...

-- 
Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, Georgia