[VHFcontesting] 2008 fall sprints - Now morphed into Rover Rules discussion

[George Sintchak/WA2VNV]

Ooooh Noooo - it looks like the old endless discussion of  "Rover Rules" has 
been reborn again !

Please change the subject line into "Rover Rules" if this is going to 
continue.....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall Williams" <k5qe at sabinenet.com>
Cc: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:26 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 2008 fall sprints


Hello to all.....This "new" method appears to be the "old" method of
rover scoring.  I think that it is what is used in the CQ WW VHF
Contest.  Far superior to the current ARRL method.  Right now, under the
ARRL method of scoring, after a rover works me on 222, say, that rover
has NO incentive to work me on 222 again, except for the 2 QSO
points--the rover gets NO NEW multiplier.  Silly!!!!

These rules are FAR superior to those of other contests(excepting the CQ
WW VHF Contest, which has pretty sensible rules too).  Very little of
"Thou shalt not do this, or that, or something else" that we see
elsewhere.  The Sprints seem to be "wide open" affairs....the emphasis
is on making the contacts.  You DO still have to make the contacts.
That is where the emphasis should be.....73's to all.....Marshall K5QE

Ev Tupis wrote:

>Congrats to the Southeastern VHF Society for taking the first step toward 
>normalizing the way in which Rover Class scores are calculated!  Well done!
>
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>--- On Mon, 8/25/08, Lu <n2sln at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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>>Just noticed that the rules are available for the 2008 fall
>>sprints: http://www.svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm
>>
>>There has been a change to rover scoring.
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