Fw: [NLRS] Time to define the terms!

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:32:04 -0500

Thanks Donn.........By the way,  I did get a secret "decoder ring" when I
utter'ed my first words above 50 mhz, but somehow missed out on the
handshake?

73s  Jim  K0KFC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Baker, Donn B" <[email protected]>
To: "'Jim Hermanek'" <[email protected]>; "NLRS Reflector"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:45 PM
Subject: RE: [NLRS] Time to define the terms!

> Hi Jim,
> Whoa.  You mean nobody gave you the secret handshake when you bought your
> VHF gear ?  We'll have to look into that!!
>
> A "Dog pack" is two or more Rovers traveling more or less together.  The
> negative connotation is that they do this for the purpose of grid
circling.
> Rovers certainly can dog pack without grid circling, as we all did it on
the
> North Shore.
>
> "Grid Circling" is where two or more Rovers go to a grid corner, and
> operated each other using every possible combination of grid location.
> Ex: W0AAA and K0ZZZ go out to the EN24/EN35 corner near Winstead.
> W0AAA sets up in EN24, while K0ZZZ operates in EN24, EN25, EN35, and
> EN34.
> W0AAA moves to EN25, and K0ZZZ then does EN24, EN25, EN35, and EN34
> again.
> W0AAA moves to EN35, etc.
>
> If the Rovers have, say 10 bands, and do this at two or three sets of grid
> corners they can have a 100,000+ point score WITHOUT EVER WORKING ANOTHER
> STATION.
>
> IMPORTANT NOTE: "Grid Circling" is NOT prohibited by the contest Rover
> rules.  It is discouraged by the Grid mulitplier scoring rule, which says
> that you count only UNIQUE GRIDS WORKED.  That is, W0AAA gets to count
EN24,
> EN25, EN35, and EN34 only once per band, plus once each for having
operated
> from that grid.  In the example, that's 10 bands X 4 grids = 40 plus 4 =
44
> grid multipliers.
>
> Under the Rover rules pre-'96 (?), it would have been 10 bands X 4 grids
for
> EACH GRID OPERATED FROM, or a whopping 160 Grid Multipliers !!
>
> As usual, the rules change had some un-intended consequences.  It remove
the
> incentive for Rovers to travel to more remote (read, unpopulated by hams)
> grids.  Rovers now tend to stay where they can make lots of Qs.  Along the
> East Coast, this isn't a problem... few "rare grids."  Out here, its a
MAJOR
> problem... lots and LOTS of rare grids.  I gave up Roving mostly because
of
> the rule change.  Too much traveling for too few Qs, and little to show
for
> it in the way of score.  Simply NOT POSSIBLE to compete with the East
Coast.
> Can't get the number of Qs, and can't get the grid multiplers that I could
> under to old rules.  Also, as fewer grids get activated, fixed stations
get
> lower scores, its harder to increase the VUCC count, etc.
>
> 73 Donn
> WA2VOI/0
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Hermanek [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:13 PM
> To: NLRS Reflector
> Subject: [NLRS] Time to define the terms!
>
>
>
> Ok..  OK...  For those of us newer to VHF/UHF &  contesting in general,
I'd
> like to make sure I understand what the terms "grid circling" and "dog
> packing" really mean???    Someone have a brief explanation, please.
>
> Thanks!
>
> 73s      Jim     K0KFC
>
>
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