[VHFcontesting] Logging Rovers in Contests

[George Fremin III]

I can tell you (as the person who checks the logs) please do not log rovers like this it is a mess in the logs.

If your logging program will not let you log /r get one that does. Or fix them after the contest. 

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George Fremin III
geoiii at kkn.net

> On Jun 12, 2015, at 2:59 PM, "stu at stu2.net" <stu at stu2.net> wrote:
> 
> I use call/grid, which creates a unique call for the station as it changes grids. Eg w4iy/fn01. W4iy/fn02. For the vhf contest mode doesn't matter, but we still log the mode.
> 
> Dave Pascoe <davekm3t at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just log them as /R, regardless of mode.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't see where this says I have to log it. If you logged what they
>> send
>>> on SSB, it would be "/Rover"
>>> 
>>> I wish there were some clarification in the rules.  I hate for all of
>> the
>>> rovers to be in Russia!
>>> 
>>> Chuck W5PR
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Chuck,
>>>> 
>>>> From ARRL contest rules:
>>>> 
>>>> *"3.5.4. *Rovers MUST sign "rover" on Phone and /R on CW and
>> digital
>>> modes
>>>> after their call sign."
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It should also be logged that way. The one thing I have been
>> curious
>>> about
>>>> is what happens when a station, planning to be a Rover, signs /R in
>> a
>>>> contest, and then ends up only being able to operate from one grid
>>> square?
>>>> I suspect the ARRL logging robot takes care of that and assigns the
>>>> appropriate entry category.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I think many put "/R" after a rover call when logging it in a
>>> contest.  I
>>>>> have never done that.  If the grid changes, Writelog takes it.
>> Is
>>> there
>>>>> any necessity or rule about this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chuck W5PR
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