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

[Ev Tupis]

> > 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.

> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
> 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.

OTOH, my QRP Portable station was built into a vehicle that I would drive to my favorite hill top and park for the weekend.  It was a real pleasure.  I'd drive home when it was all over, disassembling it all in the relative comfort of my driveway.

Ev, W2EV