[VHFcontesting] A Suggestion for Rovers, and everyone else too

[Christopher Burke]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <vhfcontesting-request at contesting.com>wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:08:41 GMT
> From: "perfectbowler at juno.com" <perfectbowler at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] A Suggestion for Rovers, and everyone
>        else too
> I am like you I love to work the rover stations but they just disappear.
>  Some of that I contribute to band running but I also contribute it to the
> fact that the rules allow for a "driver" yet fixed stations can run an
> operator per band all the way up the scale.  If the "driver" was allowed to
> also be an operator and not just a relief operator and put a second voice on
> the air, then I feal you would hear more rovers calling cq.  As it is now
> with only one voice on the air we must hunt and peck then run the bands to
> get the max points we can.


The rules don't say anything about only one signal allowed at a time, so you
can put 2 voices on the air.  In fact, you can have 2 operators at once plus
any number of drivers as long as those drivers don't operate.

73!  Chris N9YH

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Chris Burke
chris at n9yh.com