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Re: [VHFcontesting] Entering as a Mobile (/M) in Contests

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Entering as a Mobile (/M) in Contests
From: Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:19:47 -0700
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Sorry all.   It appears the quote / thread marks didn't make it thru in my 
email from 11:55 AM.  The second paragraph from the bottom was from another 
poster, my response was in the paragraph at the bottom.

My mistake.

Mark S
VE7AFZ

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 16, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Darryl Holman <djholman@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> Mark,
>  Not really.  General rule 3.7 specifies a 500' circle for all stations 
> (which is modified in the VHF rules for rovers).   See: 
> http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-all-arrl-contests
> 
> Best,
>  Darryl
>  ww7d
> 
>> On 06/16/2015 11:55 AM, Mark Spencer wrote:
>> I don't think it is the intention of the rules to exclude mobiles. Looking
>> at the rules to see whare a mobile can fit, I see no restriction as to why
>> a mobile cannot simply enter as single operator. In the VHF rules, only
>> portable stations are restricted from moving. In the general rules,
>> everything must be contained within a 500 ft circle. In a mobile it is --
>> its all in one car. Did I miss something?
>> 
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>> 
>> Hi, I figured the intent of the rule was to prevent me from operating 
>> outside of the 500 ft circle within a single grid, unless I chose to 
>> operated as a rover. In my case it eventually helped prompt me to actually 
>> rove to other grids (which is probably what the authour of the rules had in 
>> mind ??) For some time though it prompted to operate from home vs gamble 
>> that my chosen portable location in my home grid was going to be productive. 
>> In years gone by I vaguely recall working from more than one location in a 
>> grid and not entering a log in the contest. I figured nothing stopped me 
>> from handing out contacts as a non contest participant (:
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