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Re: [VHFcontesting] Multiple Calls, Same Rover

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Multiple Calls, Same Rover
From: John K9IJ <k9ij@vx5.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:35:19 -0500
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At 08:56 PM 9/6/2005, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>      I'm not sure why Dan is having trouble posting to the list...  please
>feel free to get in touch with Dan directly, as well.

My VHF contesting days are over.



>----- Forwarded message from "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson@arrl.org> -----
>
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> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] Multiple Calls, Same Rover [was: September VHF
> > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:14:05 -0400
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> > Thread-Topic: [VHFcontesting] Multiple Calls, Same Rover [was: 
> September VHF
> > Thread-Index: AcWzFrjtXXeg/wJQRdOFzm9xf0ALAA==
> > From: "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson@arrl.org>
> > To: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
> > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on seattle.eham.net
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> >
> > Afternoon Ken:
> >
> > I have tried posting the following to the VHF-Contesting reflector but
> > not sure if it will get through.  Please feel free to cut-and past the
> > following and attribute to me:
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----------------
> >
> > I have been asked to clarify the relationship between these two rules:
> >
> > >From the General Rules for all ARRL Contests:
> >       3.5. A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not
> > be subsequently used under any other call during the contest period,
> > except for family stations where more than one call has been issued, and
> > then only if the second call sign is used by a different operator. (The
> > intent of this rule is to accommodate family members who must share a
> > rig, and to prohibit manufactured or artificial contacts.)
> >
> > >From the Rules for All ARRL Contests on Bands above 50 MHz:
> >       2.3. Rover: One or two operators of a single station that moves
> > among two or more grid squares during the course of a contest.
> >       2.3.1. A rover vehicle may transport only one station using a
> > single call sign.
> >
> >
> > In the ARRL rules hierarchy, the basic rules are the General Rules for
> > All Contests. These may be "superseded" by the next level, which are the
> > Rules for All ARRL Contests on Bands Above 50 MHz.  The top tier of
> > rules is those for any specific contest, which supersede any lower
> > rules.
> >
> > In this instance, the "family-transmitter" rule is superseded by rule
> > 2.3.1. of the Rules Above 50 MHz that states a rover vehicle may
> > transport only one station using a single callsign.
> >
> > Thanks and 73
> >
> > Dan Henderson, N1ND
> > ARRL Contest Branch Manager
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------------------
> >
> > Thanks and 73
> >
> > Dan
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
>
>--
>Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
>kenharker@kenharker.com
>http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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