[VHFcontesting] Calling some leadership

[Eric Smith]

Well, an 11 station rover pack would possibly not make it
out of one grid corner during the short contest periods we
currently enjoy, unless of course they only employed a
minimum number of bands.  Pack grid circle rover groups
score big as a result of time management and equipment
maintenance.  Unfortunately, not much more to it than that.

And, it finally got mentioned; the real threat to roving
activity:   FUEL PRICES!!!
Even in the small rover rig used up until recently, it was
not uncommon to spend nearly $300.00 (back when gas was
less than 2 bucks a gallon) during a typical contest
weekend, for fuel.
Some roves were well over 1000 miles... and the ol' VW bus
only got 12 - 15 MPG with that big antenna farm on the
roof.

The new rig is much more comfortable to operate, but, with
diesel running nearly 3 bucks a gallon, (here in the
Pacific Northwest) fill a 65 gallon tank 3 times during a
contest?  I could add a band, brick amp,  bigger brick amps
for the bands I already got, replace the battery bank, buy
a brand new Tailtwister, etc..........


On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:47:54 -0700
 Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
  Seems like a
> grid circling
> pack with 11 stations would be too complicated to make it
> work.
> 
> Tree N6TR / K7RAT
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