A year or so N5AC did a big survey of VHF contesting in general for the
ARRL. So far it seems to have been sucked into the usual black hole in
Newington. Has anybody evidence otherwise?
Aside from the captive rover and grid circling issues, probably only
somewhat less resolvable than the Sunni vs. Shiite issues, I have a couple of
small
but very logical rover rule improvements I'd like to see:
1. Eliminate the requirement that a rover must transport its own power
sources. Sure, if you're headed down the Skyline Drive or to some isolated
mountaintop, you'll need your own power. But if you want to set up your rover
station on six meters in some campground in Kansas, why not be able to plug
into
the local AC mains? It would certainly save gas, and maybe some ill will
from neighbors who would have to contend with generator noise.
2. Eliminate the rule that only those rover contacts made in club territory
count for a club score. If some would be rover from an isolated area heads
toward the populated areas where the activity is, and makes a good score by
doing so, why should his score count for any less for his club than the score
of a rover who lives nearby counts for his club? Also, this rule makes for
very cumbersome record keeping, and is in many instances unverifiable or
unenforceable.
73 - Jim K8MR
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