[VHFcontesting] Contesting ethics for rovers

[Bill Olson]

what I meant to say is that a rover OPERATOR can submit 2 logs.. one as a rover and one as a fixed station..

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> From: callbill at hotmail.com
> To: kb7dqh at donobi.net
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:37:34 +0000
> CC: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Contesting ethics for rovers
> 
> 
> Hmmm indeed.. Here's what the current "rover rules" say.. (I just copied this off the ARRL web page):
> 
> 3.3.6. Rover operators may submit separate logs for single operator
> (fixed station) in addition to their rover entries. Rovers submitting a
> score for inclusion in a club competition must also include a secondary
> summary sheet indicating the portion of the score that counts for the
> club score if any of the QSOs submitted take place outside of their
> club's territory.
> 
> So it seems a rover at any rate can submit 2 logs.. That does NOT however say a fixed station operator can submit a log from two fixed stations in different grids. 
> 
> Of course, K4GUN, who made the original post, has already said "he ain't gonna do it", so this is just a lot of speculation and talk, but I suppose it shows we're paying attention!
> 
> bill, K1DY
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:28:49 -0700
> > From: kb7dqh at donobi.net
> > To: k5qe at sabinenet.com
> > CC: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Contesting ethics for rovers
> > 
> > Hmmm... There is the rule that permits individual operators in a Multiop
> > station to work each other on the bands 2304 AND ABOVE... provided that
> > each operator uses "separate equipment"... "Stretched", one would "pass
> > the gunnplexer around the campfire" so to speak, which would technically
> > be a violation unless all the participants were in a "family" and could
> > "share" equipment...
> > 
> > I will have to reread the Unlimited Rover rules to see if this is allowed;
> > where the several operators each had portable microwave equipment
> > on-board, in addition to the Unlimited Rover's "station equipment"...  It
> > would then be possible to conveniently stop, deploy the individually owned
> > and operated equipment, work the Unlimited Rover station, each other, then
> > pack it up and move on...
> > 
> > If the scenario in the last paragraph were a permitted practice for
> > Unlimited Rovers, I could have "activated" 5 more grids last January, by
> > simply packing the "extra" 10 Ghz gear and separated out one operator to
> > work the Rover!!!
> > 
> > Eric
> > KB7DQH
> > 
> > 
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