[VHFcontesting] Entering as a Mobile (/M) in Contests

[John Geiger]

I have been advocating the same thing for a few years, that we need some
way to include mobile stations who don't operate from more than 1 grid.
Field Day has a mobile category.  Most state QSO parties do, even in you
don't operate from more than 1 county. It seems that it might be easiest to
change the rover definition by removing the wording that requires the
operating from 2 or more grids.  Replace it with something like operating
from 2 or more locations more than 500 meters apart, so a fixed station
wouldn't be able to enter as a rover.

John AF5CC

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Bob K0NR - email list <list at k0nr.com>
wrote:

> Jay,
> Interesting idea. This does look like a "clean up" issue in the rules.
>
> I was thinking the Rover categories could just be changed to allow staying
> in one grid. Either approach could work. The mobile stations would probably
> be at a disadvantage either way, which could lead to Yet Another Entry
> Category.
>
> 73, Bob K0NR
>
> On 6/15/2015 10:28 PM, Keith Morehouse wrote:
>
>> I have heard this complaint for quite a while and agree its a problem,Jay
>> although I never equated it with the growth of VHF contesting.  I now
>> see that it could.
>>
>> This should be a simple rule change.  Add a footnote to the definition
>> of single operator that allows entry to a mobile station guided and
>> operated by a single person and not connected to a antenna structure
>> considered permanent.  Under single op rules, the mobile station would
>> be allowed to traverse as many grids as the operator wished but could
>> only contact unique stations once.  This could be taken a step further
>> by adding the same definition to multi-op classes, allowing mobile
>> operation in a single vehicle by more then one person.  The addition
>> of this simple definition would not affect the current 500 meter fixed
>> station circle, or whatever the criteria is for a fixed station.
>>
>
>
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