Fwd: [VHFcontesting] True Sarcastic Humor [was: Rover Circling
Solution [was: ARRL VHF+ contest...]
Michael Urich
ka5cvh at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 23 05:31:27 EST 2004
--- Ev Tupis <w2ev at arrl.net> wrote:
> If you haven't seen this yet...there's a Rover score posted to 3830 that
> lists a score that surpasses N6NB's. Read the account and strategy
> employed at:
>
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives/html/3830/2004-02/msg00182.html
Mike wrote
I like his spoof call sign W6/HA2YOU/R thats cute. It reminded me of a guy that got busted on 40m
years and years ago running the call, Sierra Hotel One Tango, yes I know some of you graduates of
public education might have to write that one down to get it :-)
However on the serious side. I don't recall if it was on this reflector or the Rover reflector
that a couple in the Chicago area were roving and using both their calls to "give out" points. As
I recall it was pointed out to them that they could not do that under the rules. On one hand I
don't have a problem with multiple licensed hams in the same vehicle "giving out points" if they
are not doing it as a part of a club effort. This is where and why I feel that rovers shouldn't
be included into club scores.
Example, my son, Chase, KC5MPK, and I were in Atlanta for an orienteering competition during the
Jan 03 contest. Between events we were in, we were able to get on the air a little bit and help
out the locals some. In this case we were not set up to "ROVE" and only had a FT-100 with a 1/4
vert on 50 and a dual-band for 144/430 in the car. It was ashamed that we couldn't use both my
call and his for all contacts, even though we did switch off and work different stations and/or
different bands. My thoughts are to possibly permit this example but in order to do so we would
definitely need to remove rovers from club competition results.
Mike
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Mike Urich, KA5CVH
Amateur radio ~IS~ a contact sport!
http://www.ka5cvh.com
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