Steve,
When I lived in Midland, Texas (Midland), I got into
driving around to nearby grid corners to pass out
multipliers to whoever could hear me and,
particularly, to my good friend, Brad, WI5Q. This was
before the Rover contest class was invented. I think
the ARRL got tired of my multiple entries in contests,
which very often only had one contact! Brad and I
would go to the corner of DM82, DM81, DM92 and DM91 on
Saturday mornings to work distant Great Plains
stations through the morning mist. But I diverge.
Later on the Rover category was created, and it made a
lot of sense. Trouble is, the rules allowed a lot of
flexibility, and one of the results is a negative one,
your situation. I think the ARRL ultimately is going
to rectify the problem (How could they not?).
In the meantime, keep roving. Even if you don't win,
you will have made the day for a lot of other folks
out there.
73,
Paul, K7CW CN87 PNWVHFS ex resident of Tall City
--- Jim Erickson <k3lfo@arrl.net> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I realize how frustrating it is to try to compete
> with stations that use
> loopholes to win a competitive advantage. But, We
> all know what they are
> doing and how they are doing it. It is impressive
> but it's not the contest
> the rest of us are in. The rest of us recognize the
> situation and anyone who
> bothers to look at the results will recognize your
> accomplishment.
>
> I can see that on your second Rover submission (Sept
> 04 and Jan 05) you
> improved your own score by almost 600%. Not only are
> you operating from the
> mid west where everyone complains about the lack of
> activity but you did it
> in January, the worst for propagation! You also
> doubled our score (K3LFO/R +
> W3DIO)and we certainly do respect the effort and
> ability.
>
> We are in this for the fun of it! The activity
> allows us to experience VHF
> propagation from all directions and distances and to
> test our own equipment
> and abilities. We strive for improvement so we
> compete with ourselves. I
> don't expect a top score but am just as proud of our
> efforts. When you and
> all the others sending in your score, I am able to
> evaluate and see what I
> need to improve on. By you and all the others being
> out there I am able to
> spend a weekend enjoying Ham Radio.
>
> Keep on roveing and sending in those scores. We all
> appreciate the contacts
> and what you've been able to do! Keep up the good
> work.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim K3LFO/R
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Stephen Hicks,
> N5AC
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:14 AM
> To: VHFContesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] January VHF Contest
> Results
>
>
> Well, I checked the January scores and found out
> that although I had the top
> score in Texas for a Rover, three guys from
> California grid-circled their
> way to Texas and were scored in my region with 2M+
> points each, placing me
> fourth... is there a reason for me to continue
> sending in a score to the
> ARRL if I'm not into heavy-duty grid-circling since
> clearly that will
> generate the top scores?
>
> Steve, N5AC
>
>
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