[VHFcontesting] Why does Unlimited Rover exist?

[Steve Clifford]

Thanks you for that reply.  I would like to hear from the pack-rover
apologists to see if they concur with your assessment of why it was created.

Steve
K4GUN/R

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Ray J <ray at w9ray.org> wrote:

> They can have as many operators as they want.
> They do not need to follow the 100 qso rover limit.
> They do not need to transport the equipment with them.
>
> so they can use a bus load of guys and drive and operate from one
> multioperator  hilltop site to another,  and work other single rovers
> alot..
>
> Mainly i  think that they made the class for the super grid circler guys
> to play in,  so the other rovers will stop crying about them beating
> them in the regular class.
>
> w9Ray
>
>
>
> Steve Clifford wrote:
> > I'd like to hear an answer to this simple question from anybody who
> doesn't
> > understand why the classic and limited rovers are upset about this latest
> > flap over some obviously misguided rules.  Tell me why Unlimited Rover
> > exists.  Then tell me what distinguishes those operators from the
> operators
> > in the other two rover categories.  Tell me how the operating realities
> are
> > so different as to require a separate category.
> >
> > Based on the behavior of the rule making body of the ARRL, it seems as if
> > Unlimited Rover was established for no reason other than slightly
> reducing
> > the scores that could be submitted for club competition.
> >
> > Steve
> > K4GUN/R
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