[VHFcontesting] Signals on 6M and 2M at the same time??

[RT Clay]

There is a huge difference between "only one transmitted signal at any given time" and "only one signal per band". The change to one signal per band in 2015 even for single ops was well publicized, see the following:

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-okays-changes-to-dxcc-program-vhf-and-above-contesting-rules

"The subcommittee was charged with developing recommendations to increase the level and breadth of ARRL VHF and above contest participation and encourage operation on lesser-used bands. As a start to the process, the Board approved three changes that will permit assistance for all operator categories, with no effect on entry category; permit self-spotting for all operator categories, and allow single operators to transmit on more than one band at a time."



Tor
N4OGW

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On Thu, 6/14/18, Alan Larson <wa6azp at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Signals on 6M and 2M at the same time??
 To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
 Date: Thursday, June 14, 2018, 12:56 PM
 
 N4OGW writes:
 >  In 2017/2018 the rules
 state:
 >
 > 3.1. Single Operator: One person
 performs all transmitting, receiving,
 spotting, and logging functions as well
 as equipment and antenna
 adjustments. Only one transmitted
 signal is permitted at any given time;
 alternating CQs on two or more
 frequencies using the same band and mode is
 prohibited.
 >
 > Now "per band" has been removed.
 ARRL needs to clear this up!
 
   It looks like ARRL did this,
 correcting an error that had been in the
 2016 rules.
 
   This seems reasonable - a single
 operator station transmits one signal
 (rule 3.1).  Multi-operator
 stations transmit one signal per band
 (rule 7.3).  The "per band" in 3.1
 was pretty obviously a mistake
 as rule 7.3 said "Only one signal per
 band..." just as it now does.  There
 would have been no reason
 to say it again for single operator
 class.
 
   Errors get corrected. 
 Sometimes other changes are made, like adding or
 modifying rules for rovers.
 
         Alan
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