[VHFcontesting] One "Idiot's" Reply - The Real WTX Story

[Matt Patterson]

I really enjoy rovering BUT since I live in TX for me to go out and spend
bunches of money on a 10 band rover system would be crazy.  That's why I
concentrate on the main three bands and will be adding 222 pretty soon.  My
goal is a nice 4 band rover system with good power and yagi antennas.  Will
I ever win the rover division?  NO..  Do I have fun?  YES..  And I can give
out several grids to those few who do contest from TX who would otherwise
not get them.  Sometimes winning isn't everything.  My .02.

Matt
W5LL

-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:28 PM
To: Dave Wendling; N6MU1 at aol.com; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: re: [VHFcontesting] One "Idiot's" Reply - The Real WTX Story

So what other options do those who live west of the Mississippi river have?
If you want to play contest here it gets fairly slow and boring (except is
June if you have a good 6 meter opening) unless you build a superstation.
The activity is just lacking here.  If you want to do much above 432, you
almost have to equip the other stations.  This is a whole different contest
experience for stations outside of 1,2,3, 8 and parts of 4 land.

And if you want to fully develop a UHF band, you first have to put the money
into developing a good signal on
2 meters, since that is where you are going to move the 222mhz or UHF
activity from.  You just don't hear people calling CQ on 432 around here,
except in the
432 sprint, and sometimes in the UHF contest.

We almost need 2 or 3 different contests to run simultaneouly, 1 for each
region of the country. 
There is no way a rover in Texas, Oregon, or Utah is going to be able to
compete with an East Coast station without using something like grid
circling.

If you don't like the fact that you were beaten by someone who used grid
circling, go out and do it yourself.  A couple of east coast rovers who go
out grid circling, plus working all of the other stations they hear, should
be able to run up a phenomenial score.

73s John NE0P
Grid EM04to
--- Dave Wendling <kb1eaa at berkshire.rr.com> wrote:

> N6MU1 at aol.com wrote:
> __________
> >This "idiot" is proud to be part of the group that
> raised the roving bar this
> >year.
> >Many hours were spent calling hundreds of CQs on
> six and two meters with NO
> >answers.
> 
> 
> Raise the bar! Are you sure you didn't start at a bar?  You would have 
> to be drunk or an "idiot" to build a 10 band rover station, then drive 
> it out in the middle of nowhere and call cq hundreds of times!
> Were you hoping UFO's were going to hear you?  Then You drive around 
> in circles making contact with the same guys over and over! Were you 
> just confused or still drunk?
> 
> Give me a break! Your reply Is  a sorry excuse for a defense of your 
> actions.  Where is your sense of fair play? Don't you have any self 
> respect?
> 
> Dave Wendling KB1EAA
> Home of Palm Rover Software
> http://kb1eaa.com
> 
> 
> 
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