[VHFcontesting] Roving question for upcoming ARRL 222 MHz + (aka UHF) contest August 5-6 2023

[wb0gaz at yahoo.com]

 Thanks for the replies!

Certainly the cited rule serves well it's primary intent. At this point I'll provide the second radio to whoever locally is more likely to make use of it during the contest (locally there is little 1296 activity, so the whole endeavor will probably yield just a couple of QSOs anyway.)

Re better antenna - the project radios are intended (with some packaging improvements) to help *casual* hill/mountain climbing types (thinking a local ham friend who is an avid hiker) to carry a completely self-contained transceiver/antenna, deploy it hand-held style, and make a few QSOs, all in a very few minutes without any on-site setup. The use of a patch antenna allows the antenna to be part of the body of the radio itself (a small PCB-material box with antenna on back side, user interface on front side, and batteries/radio inside.)

Thanks again,

73 Dave WB0GAZ wb0gaz at yahoo.com