Rich Griffiths wrote:
Roving (or "rovering", nobody seems to know which it should be) is a
great aspect of VHF & up operating. It's taken me to some beautiful
sites where it was wonderful to be in the outdoors enjoying the weather
and the radio at the same time -- except in January ;-)

Rover is a separate category in the ARRL and other VHF & Up contests.
See, e.g., http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/jan-vhf-ss.html

Us hard-working, dedicated operators :-) get special consideration when
computing scores.


As a member of the club that has taken roving to new heights over the
years, I can safely say that it is indeed "roving".

The rovers got us as many 10GHz grids this weekend as the sum total of
the previous 11 contests. And they don't play the games that some of
the east coast "owned" rovers do. The rovers in the upper Midwest will,
and will try to, work anyone and everyone. Cooperation amongst
competition makes for a better contest.

And thank you for roving, something I always take the time to say to
anyone signing /R during the contest. You guys are definitely the hard
working and dedicated operators out there. I just wish roverlog wasn't
so weird and flaky.

tom
K0TAR