[VHFcontesting] Honorable operation

[Ev Tupis]

The first undeniable truth is that the rover rules are fundamentally flawed. The incessant controversy and drama is a primary indicator.  HOWEVER, the second undeniable truth is that ARRL contests operate on the honor system.  Where there is no personal honor, there should be no public honor conveyed.

That being said, Frank has pointed out a long standing method of operating outside of the rules and not being disqualified: simply don't submit a log.

This one (and variations) is too easy.  Follow along...

Place a single individual with a "family" of call signs (say, 6 different ones) in a rover with 10-bands and go driving.  Visit a dozen grids and make contact using all 6 call signs with a mountaintop single op or multi op.  Nice score for your "preferred target", huh?  How about the rest of your "club"?  Make contact with them, too!  There's no sense being accused of being "captive to a multi-op".

Oh yeah...one more thing...don't submit your log to the ARRL.  No submission = no disqualification...yet your impact on your preferred target's score is monumental.

The astute observer will deflect this from being a rover issue by saying that even a fixed-location participant can participate in similar shenanigans.  True.  Yet, for some reason it is the Rover category that has drawn these sorts of operations and subjected itself to open public scrutiny.

Just stating the obvious, nothing more.

Ev, W2EV