[NLRS] NLRS salutation!

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/5/2006 11:01:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
hamk9jk at ameritech.net writes:
"Rover-Mania" continues!!! (So what will  Rover-Mania IV bring?)

73, JK


Thanks for all the kind words  John.   Yes, it was a busy time for all of 
NLRS land, and yes,  Rovermania will be back in 2007 in the form of Rovermania 
IV.   As I  have commented on time and time again, the UHF contest is THE BEST 
contest for  roving.    
 
What will Rovermania IV bring ?   A continued push on growth ....  to get the 
rovers out and to get the activity up.   For Rovermania II,  I had contacting 
VHF clubs all across the nation, but was met largely with  a very cool, very 
muted response.    I was not able to repeat  this communication for Rovermania 
III.    For Rovermania IV, I am  thinking of putting that push back on again 
but this time it will be a little  earlier and I will follow it up.   The 
timing for the first  communication will be shortly after the ARRL contest results 
are  published.    In addition to that, and new for Rovermania IV, may be a  
direct communication to known rovers to ask them to get on and to get  out.   
I may also ask them to consider presenting on UHF roving at  their local clubs 
and to actively search out and encourage newbies.
 
While it looks like Rovermania III didn't achieve 200 logs, all three  
Rovermania's have demonstrated growth in logs over the previous years .... that  is 
three years of successive growth.   Also, outside of log  submissions, I 
wonder what the growth in the number of total contest QSOs is  along with the 
growth in the number of bands used.   

73,  Jon
W0ZQ/R