I think a lot of good has come out of this conversation. I hope we will see
some revisions as a result. One final point I want to stress is that I don't
begrudge the packs and circlers. I did, but upon further reflection, I can see
that they really are contributing to the hobby. They are doing what they enjoy
in a way that makes them happy. That's great. Unlimited Rover was created
just so they had a place to do their thing. It is my desire to see them
continue this but to have their scores matched against others with similar
goals.
To that end, I like the two ideas that seem to have traction now. First is to
limit the "Limited Rovers" to 6, 144 and 432 plus one other of their choice.
The second is to limit rover to rover contacts and I like 10 for Limited and 30
for classic. I think those would cause minimal (if any) disturbance to the
traditional rovers.
Thanks all for participating.
Steve
K4GUN/R
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz@prairienet.org>
To: "Ev Tupis" <w2ev@yahoo.com>
Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:13:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] (Rover) What does N6NB et al say?
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Ev Tupis wrote:
>
> I continue to focus on the social aspect of Amateur radio. The 10-GHz+
> contest is widely active in his region *because* is it a social event in
> which participants are encouraged to contact as many DIFFERENT stations as
> possible.
>
> Why the poor UHF activity in So. Cal? Most likely because it lacks an aspect
> of social behavior. There is much missing from his recap. For
> instance...did he advertise ahead of his activity to let everyone know that
> he was coming through and to power-up? That's what clubs do (and more) ahead
> of contests. Did he publicly celebrate the event afterward in the community?
> That's what clubs do afterward.
>
Interesting observations, Ev. Coming up to the 10 GHz contest, a lot of
us in this area have an e-mail list where we start discussing our
operations at least a month ahead of time. We talk abvout locations and
make plans. There were about 12 people lined up on the beach in Empire,
Michigan this September and I roved down Lake Michigan, working as many
as possible as well as other Rovers along the lake.
I see this happening to some extent on the other VHF contests but not to
the extent it happens in the 10 GHz contest. I know the NLRS is the same
way. A few of them tried to work me in August and one was successful over
a difficult path.
73, Zack W9SZ
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