[VHFcontesting] More than one callsign? [was:How to increase my score, or...

[Bob Naumann - W5OV]

John,

I'm not questioning anything.  I'm making a statement.

It's clear that the 3 N6NB group vehicles (N6NB, N6ZZ, N6MU), each 
using a different callsign is part of a single team effort.  Heck, the 
team is documented on the N6NB website as such.  What you guys did was 
orchestrated and coordinated as a team - not as individual operations.  

That sort of team operation is clearly different from a "normal" single 
rover type operation - like N5AC @ 32k score for example.

The rule states:

"2.3. Rover: One or two operators of a single station that moves among 
two or more grid squares during the course of a contest. "

In stark contrast, your operation was: Six operators with 3 stations 
moving together in a pre-planned, systematic route among two or more 
grid squares during the course of a contest in order to maximize the 
qsos on all bands in every grid between each other. 

Therein lies the difference.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with such a coordinated team of 
rovers, or that you guys did anything "bad".  It sounds like fun to do, 
and I enjoyed Wayne's write-up of it on his website.  Even so, he 
continually uses the term "we" in describing the activities of all 3 
stations further confirming that this is a team effort.

Did you guys exploit a loophole in the existing rover rule, you 
betcha.  It's time to close it. 

The solution to this is that there needs to be two rover categories:
1) Single Rover (Like N5AC, et al)
2) Unlimited Rover or Rover Team (Like the N6NB-run team)

The rules need to be changed to address this gross inequity.

73,
Bob W5OV