John wrote:
“I have learned from the (endless) discussion of rover rules on the reflector
that you are not supposed to enter a contest unless you have an expectation of
winning it.”
I’m not sure what learning curve you are on. We are talking about
the principle of having a balanced set of rules where people can enter a
category with the expectation of competing with others who operate in the same
fashion.
It is widely accepted that operating as a team of individuals in a
convoy is much different than entering the contest as an individual who is not
part of a caravan that will guarantee a minimum score by simply following each
other down the road to grid corners and working each other.
Do we need to have an intelligent debate while this is different
than an individual rover? Maybe I am missing something here.
Duffy had some good questions about the other station and the web page. I
thought he used the canopy station with the truck on some of the east coast
roves and roves about 5 years ago but has since changed the behavior, tactics
and equipment when it was not producing wins. IE the recent photos do not show
a vehicle with a camper. I am curious if my impression is correct.
That being said it was quite commendable for an individual to pack
up his gear drive 2500 miles to compete and then go back home. There is good
in the fact that one guy built 10 stations to share with others. Its too bad
that all that gear mostly talks to itself and is not used to help the VHF
community as a whole to create random QSOs all over the region they are
employed. In the way they are being used today, they should be in the
Unlimited category by the ARRL’s stated intention of the rules. And with all
that effort he/ they deserve to win that category.
73s
k3uhf
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