[VHFcontesting] Changes to ARRL VHF Contest Rules

[Nate Duehr]

On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:22:22 -0500, "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich"
<ka5cvh at gmail.com> said:
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
> 
> > Take it easy Steve, in that regard they already implemented 100
> > rover-to-rover contacts maximum during the first version of the contest
> > rules this year.  It's in there.
> 
> Mike wrote
> 
> That's kinda like saying the high score will be limited to 1 trillion
> points.

Yep.  The winners calculate strategies that maximize points.  It's an
operating contest, not a popularity contest, right?

Why's it such a surprise and such a big culture shock (to the point of
constant rule changes) that rovers have moved from the "rugged
individual roaming the plains alone" to team efforts that soundly kick
the individual's collective butts?  

ENORMOUS team efforts have DOMINATED the fixed Multi-Op category for 20+
years.

The math shows that rovers who want to win, will follow suit or get
beat.

Nate WY0X
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  Nate Duehr
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