[VHFcontesting] Explaining "the two simple rules" [was: Explaining "the three simple rules"]

[Zack Widup]

It's so much work for me to move once I've set up 10 bands on a hill that I
don't want to take it down and reset up somewhere else. It takes over two
hours for me to set up and again to tear down. I'd rather sit on one hill
for the contest length than lose all that extra time setting up on another
site.

Setting up and tearing down in the January VHF SS was downright painful. I
had frostbite for several days as it was.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 2/22/09, Ev Tupis <w2ev at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Mike (KA5CVH) Urich <ka5cvh at gmail.com wrote:
> > >Again...no other class of operation can do this.
> > >Neither should Rovers be able to.
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> > Mike asks
> > And why not ... I think the rules are quite simple the way
> > they are.
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> Hey...you know what?!  I went looking and I stand corrected!  The *only*
> class of participant that can't change their location within the same Grid-4
> during a contest is the QRP Portable class (WHY PICK ON THEM?!?!).  See:
> ARRL VHF rule 2.2.5.Single Operator Portable stations may not change
> locations during the contest period outside of the original 500-meter
> diameter permitted circle.
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> I can't find any similar ARRL rule for any other class!
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> So...unless I've overlooked something, I rescind rule #3 leaving only "two
> simple rules" to normalize rover scoring.
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> Ev, W2EV
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