[VHFcontesting] Grid Circling Group & VUAC

[James Duffey]

Dave - You wrote "Why don't you guys just stop bashing rovers?"

K4GUN, who started this thread is a rover. He is a pretty good one  
too. He goes to lots of grids, operates several bands, and replies to  
all who call. He goes out in the January and September contests where  
there isn't much activity. He doesn't directly coordinate with other  
rovers to grid square. He isn't a captive rover. He finishes pretty  
high in the regional standings. His complaints are made from  
experience, not the desire to bash.

As I interpret his posting, he is concerned that his efforts are  
diluted by those rovers who do coordinate with other rovers to grid  
square. Although this practice was to be eliminated with the new rule  
changes from the limited rover and rover classes, limited and  
unlimited rovers can coordinate with unlimited rovers to maximize  
their scores using similar techniques. K4GUN doesn't do this, probably  
doesn't have the opportunity to do this, and thinks it is unfair to  
him when he competes in the same category with those stations that do  
this.

Whether or not this is a valid complaint depends on your point of  
view. These practices are certainly within the rules. But it is a  
complaint about rovers by rovers, not rover bashing by fixed station  
ops. K4GUN would just like to see the rules changed to  eliminate what  
he considers loopholes in the rules. No bashing.

As to the VUAC, I think they did a good job in revising the rover  
rules. The revisions are not perfect, and could use some tweaking, but  
they are a significant improvement over what we had.

Your mileage may vary. I got about 2.8 QSOs/gallon in the CQ VHF  
contest. :^)=  - Duffey
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KK6MC
James Duffey
Cedar Crest NM