Another effort to further try to control the grid circling monster the ARRL
created way back when....
73
Fred
K1FMS
On Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 8:59 AM Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see this rule for the January, June and September VHF contests. The
> 222-and-Up contest and the 10 GHz-and-Up contest still maintain a minimum
> of 1 km.
>
> I don't think this rule for the VHF contests would affect me, because the
> only times I have made QSO's just a little more than 1 km were in the 10
> GHz-and-Up Contest, mainly for 47, 76 and 122 GHz QSO's.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 6:41 AM Ev Tupis via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > In case any non-fixed station operators missed it...
> >
> > According to the document found >>HERE<<, "STTN.6. All equipment should
> be
> > capable of communications at a range of at least 5 km. Contacts made
> > between non-fixed stations, for example portable and/or rover stations,
> > should be made over a distance of at least 5 km."
> > I added ialics simply for emphasys.
> > This is a departure from the historic 1 km distance.
> > I assume this will mean additional log scrutiny in grids where rovers use
> > the same hilltops and upon arrival will log eachother before contacting
> DX.
> >
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