[VHFcontesting] Why "Unlimited"

[Ev Tupis]

> So I propose a mathematical solution... Change how ALL
> contestants get scored.  This would mean breaking the 
> records at the point of introduction but might solve a 
> great number of problems at once.

This is the core of the issue. Rover scores are calculated differently than all other categories.  Therefore they are incentivized differently and therefore they act differently.

A first step would be to "normalize" that category's scoring to the method used by everyone else.

The second step would be to normalize Rover sub-categories to that of others.  Duplicate the S/O and M/O categories, but add the term "Rover" to the end...allowing station movement.

The third step addressed multi-grid operation. A Rover score would be simple the sum of the scores from each grid-4 operated from.

With this in place, the arguments would then turn to geographic advantages, population center advantages, etc.  The same things that everyone else complains about. :)

Ev, W2EV