[VHFcontesting] Announcements and VHF contesting....

[Marshall-K5QE]

Hello everyone....A first possibility here is to just make a special 
"exemption" for such a rover post.  It must be emphasized that ALL the 
contact information must still be exchanged via the radio path.  This 
happens with rovers now.  When I work a rover in EL18 on 2M and move him 
to 222, then I KNOW that he is in EL18, but to make a complete QSO, I 
must hear the EL18 from him on 222.  I think that 99% of all operators 
adhere to this method.

Failing that, this objection is easily worked around.  Just post W9FZ/R 
144.225 31.2N 93.5W......WinGrid will immediately tell you that Bruce is 
in EM31 without posting any piece of the QSO information.  Of course, by 
convention, we could omit the N and the W.  Unfortunately, the post has 
gotten much more complicated just to avoid saying the Grid name.

Such an Announcement by rovers WILL increase the number of rover QSOs 
made.....and I think that is a good thing.  As I posted before, we need 
a careful definition of what an Announcement is. If this suggestion is 
implemented, then a Rover Announcement would have a different form from 
a fixed station Announcement......nothing wrong with that.

I have posted ideas similar to this in the past and I think it is a very 
good idea.  The main complaint that I have heard from rovers is that 
they arrive at some god-forsaken place, trying to give out some rare 
grid, but cannot attract the attention of anyone to work.  It is highly 
frustrating....the rover does not work anyone(or very few) and you don't 
work him either.

I believe that this proposal should be moved forward....and on the Fast 
Track.

73 Marshall K5QE


On 9/19/2013 5:47 PM, Jack W6NF wrote:
> On 9/19/2013 5:35 PM, Todd Brandenburg wrote:
>>
>>
>> That ROVER operators also be allowed to post announcements, stating 
>> call, current grid (the one you just crossed into), and the freq 
>> you're monitoring.  Add sequence if you're operating the digital 
>> modes, omit if not.  i.e. for Bruce W9FZ, it would simply be "W9FZ/r 
>> now in EM04xx, listening 144.225".  No need for extra info- bands one 
>> is operating, power, antennas, etc. That can be posted before the 
>> contest, on this reflector and elsewhere.
>>
>>
>
> The problem is the inclusion of the grid in the announcement provides 
> the single piece of information that constitutes the contest exchange 
> and is not permissible.
>