[NLRS] Re: Family Roving

[Ray J , W9RAY]

Has anybody asked the ARRL people about this family rover stations thing
anyway?? 


According to the rules it is not permitted to use more than 1 Call sign
when roving... consequently family roving is prohibited... 


General Rules for All ARRL Contests
1. Precedence of Rules:
1.1. Rules for individual contests or events, including Field Day, take
precedence over all General Rules


General Rules for ARRL Contests on Bands above 50 MHz

2.3. Rover: One or two operators of a single station that moves among
two or more grid squares during the course of a contest. 

2.3.1. A rover vehicle may transport only one station using a single
call sign. 

2.3.2. A rover may not operate with more than one call sign. 

2.3.3. Rover vehicles must transport all the equipment, power supplies,
and antennas used at each operating site. 

2.3.4. Rovers sign "rover" on phone and /R on CW after their call sign. 

2.3.5. All Rovers are encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow
as many stations as possible to contact them. 

2.3.6. Rover operators may submit separate logs for single operator
(fixed station) in addition to their rover entries. Rovers submitting a
score for inclusion in a club competition must also include a secondary
summary sheet indicating the portion of the score which counts for the
club score if any of the QSOs submitted take place outside of their
club's territory.