[VHFcontesting] My Proposal to the VUAC

[rover at ke5exx.com]

Ok, it's my turn.

I operate a 7 (or 8 if I get it all working right) band rover. I've been
roving for a few years now and love it.

There has been a contest or two where I didn't want to reload all of the
amps and transverters back into my everyday vehicle and decided to go
"Classic Rover" mode.

I'd like to think that I would be pretty competitive as a "Classic Rover"
if all "Classic Rovers" were equal.

I'm not about to cry FOUL or anything like that. But here's my proposal to
what a LIMITED ROVER/SIMPLE ROVER/BASIC ROVER would be.

It's open for discussion, if you like it forward it to your favorite VUAC
Representative. If you don't like, dump it in the Flam/Trash bin.



For the LIMITED ROVER/SIMPLE ROVER/BASIC ROVER Class:

A single non-amplified, non-transverted transceiver operated by one
operator or a family of operators. The transceiver is limited to the
frequencies and power available to that transceiver and modules available
from the tranceiver's manufacturer.

Examples of transceiver limitations:

Icom IC-706mkIIg is limited to 50 MHz @ 100W, 144 MHz @ 50W, 440 MHz @ 20W
Icom IC-7000 is limited to 50 MHz @ 50W, 144 MHz @ 50W, 440 MHz @ 35W
Icom IC-910 is limited to 144 MHz @ 100W, 440 MHz @ 75W, 1200 MHz @ 10 W
(with optional UX-910)
Icom IC-746PRO is limited to 50 MHz @ 100W, 144 MHz @ 100W

Yaesu FT857d is limited to 50 MHz @ 100W, 144 MHz @ 60W, 440 MHz @ 20W
Yaesu FT897d is limited to 50 MHz @ 100W, 144 MHz @ 50W, 440 MHz @ 20W

Kenwood TS-2000 is limited to 50 MHz @ 100W, 144 MHz @ 100W, 440 MHz @
50W, 1200 MHz @ 10 W (with optional UT-20)