[VHFcontesting] APRS and Contesting

[Ray J]

I fail to see how transmitting your call and latitude and longitude data 
is self spotting..

You are not transmitting your rx/tx  frequency.. or any qso 
information... ect...
the only thing you are transmitting is your callsign and  your latitude 
and longitude..
And as far as I know the APRS system .. is not any type of spotting 
network.....unless you count "spoting" where vehicles and weather 
stations are located...
the act of "spotting"  is "announcing your own call and run frequency". 
according to the arrl..

The whole point of using APRS,  is so people will know where the 
rover's  are.. period...  Thats it... 

I don't  know how much time we spent in the recent UHF contest trying to 
figure out what rovers were where... If they moved yet?... Are they on 
the road?  We missed a lot of qso's because of this lack of data, which 
APRS could have HELPED  provide.. I am sure looking at aprs data would 
not have cheapened our experience at all....  we scored over 50,000 
points, here in upper Wisconsin.. so its not like we were not seriously 
trying...

I see no problem with using the APRS system as it stands now...... I am 
all for a rule change..

Ray J
W9RAY






> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben - ne5B" <NE5B at texasparadise.com>
> To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] APRS and Contesting
>
>
>   
>> my 2 cents worth..
>>
>> Rovers with APRS?  What's the big deal - I view it as the same as using
>>     
> the DX Clusters looking for multipliers in HF contests....
>   
> Yes, but self spotting (which is what APRS would be) is illegal in most
> contests, even in the assisted category.1
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
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