As a rover who made a decision not to rove in the sprints I will tell you the
sprints are too short to rove unless you live or are willing and able to get
to a corner to start near. For me I could hit 4 grids up I-5 and drive 4
hours back and go to bed at 3 am and get up Tuesday morning to work at 6 am.
Also
there is less guys on the sprint which I know would make a rover more
valuable. The middle of the week the is an issue for me as well. Its much
easier to
just operate a home station for 4 hours. Though I did go out for the 222 and
2 meter sprints as portable or fixed in my rover rig. I sat home on 432.
There was a ham fair for the 6 meter sprint. If all these were combined I
would
have skipped the fair and operated rover like I did in CQ's July 6 and 2 meter
contest. Having experienced the old rules in CQ's I must say I like the new
rules better, It forces me out further from civilization to get more grids
rather than stay on I-5.
Anyway I don't want to be critical on this one, I think it gives people on
off shifts or church going types a chance to contest without xyl or job
conflict. Everyone on the same band is nice too.
Have you guys running the sprint ever considered approaching a vendor or
radio maker to sponsor the contest? I was considering that here. I.E. each
entree
is a raffle ticket and there are door prizes for the entrees. No score
involved.
k3uhf
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