[VHFcontesting] Pack Rovers meet ARRL contest objectives

[George Fremin III]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:40:44PM -0400, n2lbt at n2lbt.com wrote:
> Please, I would no sooner give out my rover strategy than would ND3F  
> or W3IY. This is a contest, and just like everyone else, my logs are  
> between me and the ARRL and apparently a select few that claim to  
> have impartial and private access to them. Maybe you can ask one of  
> them.

Ok - I guess I also share K1KI's view - log sharing is 
common practice among HF types.  In fact I have started 
recording my contests and I have been planning on not only posting
my logs on the web but my recordings of the contests in hour 
chunks.  I have not made the time to create those pages
yet but I did post to this list links to the last three years
of my June VHF logs. 

I have not uploaded the audio of the June VHF contest
to the server yet but here are my other contests:

http://www.kkn.net/k5tr/audio/contests/


> When you say "rover log in your part of the country" we have a small  
> problem. I'm usually the only rover in that area. Not many rovers in  
> the Eastern Townships of Quebec. In fact not many rovers in Quebec at  
> all. I've worked another rover maybe once or twice on this route and  
> that was usually on low bands towards Toronto. No other rover logs to  
> compare to.

OK - then whom are you protecting your strategy from?


> I give out points. I give out rare grid squares. I attempt longer  
> distance shots with the gear I've assembled. I promote VHF/UHF  
> activity in otherwise inactive areas. I work as many people as I can.  
> I've been doing this since I started in VHF. With the change in the  
> rover rules, there is no way for my type of operation to compete with  
> a 24+ grid rover going 70mph between population centers. But I try  
> not to whine and complain. I just go about my business of activating  
> rare grids, bettering my station and technical abilities. I work the  
> stations that attempt to work me. Someday, I might get it together  
> enough to win. I'm working on it.
> 

Sounds great - I am glad to hear you are working lots of different stations.

It would be even cooler if you sent in your logs, I see that you
have only submitted logs for three ARRL contests in the last 10 years.


-- 
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii at kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr