[VHFcontesting] "Captive Rover" talking point, debunked

[Zack Widup]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, jeff millar wrote:

> 
> No rover, whether Elmered or not, would really pass up an opportunity
> to make another contact. But the reality of microwaves and directional
> antennas make random contacts more rare. It takes a lot of contest skill,
> experience, and coordination to make multiple contacts from a remote
> rover site.
> 

That's why we work people up the bands.  In the VHF contests I usually 
start out on 144.  "Have you got any other bands?" We already have our 
antennas close to optimum on that band, so working through the bands is 
easier. Aiming can be fine-tuned on 903 or 1296. That makes 2304, etc. 
esaier.  In the UHF contest, 432 is the band of choice to initiate QSO's 
in this area. My 432 beam is sharper than my 144 beam, so I'm even closer 
to optimum aiming for the bands 903 and above.

73, Zack W9SZ