[VHFcontesting] Grid Circling

[Ed K1EP]

At 8/25/2005 09:05 AM, frank bechdoldt wrote:
>well were up to about 60 percent who think its wring so thats 25 of us.

I attempted to write to Frank off the list, but he has his mail blocked, so I will pose my question to him via the list.

"It seems to me that speak from experience as a rover and are rather vocal as to the captive rover arguments.  I see that you have submitted rover logs in the past, but I also see that you have not used bands above 1.2G.  Is that true?  Have you ever rovered with microwaves or used microwaves to work rovers?"

>> [Original Message]
>> From: Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org>
>> To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>> Date: 8/25/2005 6:01:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Grid Circling
>>
>> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Fisher, Mike wrote:
>>
>> > I still think the captive rover is WRONG!!!! It may be allowed (in the
>> > rules) to ONLY work the stations in your group/club, but to me if you're
>> > only giving points to the QUEEN BEE that that's not in the SPIRIT of
>> > contesting.
>> > 
>> > As long as it's a win at all costs, this will never get any better.
>> > Maybe one year I will  WIN an event but a "win just to win" takes ALL
>> > the fun out of it.
>> > 
>> > Mike Fisher  N3VOP  FM19
>> > 
>>
>> Once upon a time, microwave activity was nil.  I can understand that in 
>> the distant past if a club had microwave equipment but no one to work up 
>> there, it made sense to equip others with such gear and have them go off 
>> and work you.  At that time there was probably no one else to work.  I've 
>> been considering doing that myself.  I have two functional transverters 
>> for 3456 and 5760 and I'm considering building another for 10 GHz. I can 
>> lend them to someone to go off somewhere and work me.  BUT - I know of at 
>> least 4 other stations I can now count on to work on 2304 and a couple on 
>> the higher bands.  I will certainly work them even if it means missing 
>> some time on 144 or 432, etc. And I hope the person I loan my equipment
>to 
>> will do the same (work other people).
>>
>> I can't see that as an excuse for "captive stations" on the lower VHF/UHF 
>> bands, though.  There's plenty of people to work there for most of us, 
>> anyway.
>>
>> That said, I can see the "grid circling" might be a novel idea to try
>once 
>> just to see what you could accomplish.  But I certainly wouldn't want to 
>> do it in every contest. I'd think it would be a matter of "Been there, 
>> done that, let's try something else new." Especially since gas prices are 
>> likely to be $4/gallon when the January contest comes around.
>>
>> Me?  I still plan on Single-Op Portable on hilltops for most of my 
>> operations.  I might get back to Bald Knob with N5RP for another contest 
>> sometime too, if I can manage the schedule. I think we'll be a more 
>> formidable team next time.  :-)
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>
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