[VHFcontesting] NEW ARRL "222 MHz and Up Distance Contest" rules are now on the ARRL web

[Bart Jahnke]

Hi Zack,

Only one contact will count from each 4-digit grid, BUT several
contacts can be made to seek that greatest distance (the final one
contact that will be counted is the one both stations will use for
maximum distance).

73 Bart W9JJ

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the question was if a station can be re-contacted from a different
> 6-character grid, or if it has to move to a different 4-character grid. For
> example, if I move from EN50xf to EN50xh, can I be re-contacted for credit?
> (I'm pretty sure I know the answer.)
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Bart Jahnke <bjahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Keep a head of steam going on your array!
>>
>> Yes, the contest exchange is each station's 6-digit grid locator.
>>
>> Like today, Rovers can recontact band stations worked earlier once
>> they move to a different 4-digit grid.
>>
>> 73 Bart W9JJ
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Peter Laws <plaws0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Bart Jahnke <bjahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Please distribute widely:
>> >>
>> >> The new ARRL "222 MHz and Up Distance Contest" rules are now on the
>> >> ARRL Web at http://www.arrl.org/222-mhz-and-up-distance-contest
>> >>
>> >> The contest is held on the first full weekend of August, beginning at
>> >> 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 1800 UTC Sunday (August 5-6, 2017).
>> >
>> >
>> > If I'm very lucky, I'll have antennas for 1296 and 222 by then, now
>> > that I have transmitters.  :-)
>> >
>> > "A station in a specific grid locator may be contacted from the same
>> > location only once on each band, regardless of mode. " - Need to
>> > somehow make clear that "specific grid locator" is 6 characters long
>> > and not 4.  It *is* 6, right?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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