So...6-meters opens briefly and I work a rover who forgets to ID as such and I
now have 50.01% of my log with Rovers. I'm reclassified as unlimited...even
though it's not my fault or intention.
I must have missed an e-mail somewhere that explains how this is good. Back to
the archives I go. Over-and-out.
Ev, W2EV
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Steve Clifford <k4gun.r@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Steve Clifford <k4gun.r@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 30/50 non-endorsement [was: 30/ 50 endorsement.]
> To: w2ev@yahoo.com
> Cc: "VHF Contesting eMail Remailer" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 9:27 AM
> About the point you raised below: No, no, no, no, no!!!!
> How many times do
> we have to say this? There is NO penalty for going over 30
> contacts with
> another rover. There is no "zero point QSO".
> The only thing that will
> happen if a rover exceeds 30 contacts with a single other
> rover or if he
> exceeds 50% of his total score with all rovers, is that
> he'll properly be
> listed as an Unlimited Rover.
>
> Why is this such a mystery? Why do we keep acting as if UR
> is somehow a
> punishment? Its not. Its not any more punishment than
> "forcing" 3 guys who
> decide to operate together from one person's house to
> be scored as a
> multi-op station.
>
> You're smarter than this Ev.
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Ev Tupis
> <w2ev@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > And the paper loggers?
> >
> > Maybe rovers simply "log everything and let the
> Log-robot sort it out
> > later"? There won't be much happiness, when
> the robot 0-points contacts
> > that exceeded the limit, yet consumed a considerable
> amount of time, effort
> > and skill to make. They are real contacts, after
> all...they simply exceeded
> > some arbitrary and artificial limit.
> >
> > As for the % thing. If the "right" limit is
> N% then why is the "wrong"
> > limit N+10% or N-10%?
> >
> >
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