[NLRS] June rovers & APRS

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Jon and NLRSers,

Before we all start "jumping for joy" about this, please note that 
ARRL Contest Manager, Sean Kutzko/KX9X, has posted (to VHFcontesting 
and to the Stanford VHF reflectors) that this posting of the rules for 
the June 2008 VHF QSO Party on the web page is incorrect and that 
"Changes will be made to the June VHF rules page to reflect this."

APRS may still be used ONLY by Multi-operator stations.

Here's a link to Sean's posting in the VHFcontesting Reflector 
archives 
http://lists.contesting.com/_vhfcontesting/2008-04/msg00100.html

Duffey, KK6MC, who discovered the "change" in rules initially and 
posted the discovery to the reflectors, observed (in Sean's 'denial' 
of the change) that Sean had invoked the "VHF Rule" that "only 
Multi-operator stations my use APRS data" BUT the ARRL Rule Structure 
ALSO states that rules for individual contests supercede "frequency 
range" rules (<30 MHz/HF or >50MHz VHF) which then supercede "General 
Rules for All ARRL Contests".

I HOPE Sean clarifies this QUICKLY (and authoritatively).

73, JK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W0ZQ at aol.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 08:15
Subject: [NLRS] June rovers & APRS


>
>
> Hello NLRS land.
>
> Its been brought to my attention that the ARRL June  VHF contest 
> rules have
> been changed to allow all stations, regardless  of their operating 
> class, to
> use rover APRS data.    Full  rules can be found at
>
> http://www.remote.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/june-vhf.html
>
> Within  those rules, the rules for rover APRS usage states:
>
> "3.3.7. Rovers are permitted to use APRS. Rovers using APRS transmit 
> only
> their call sign and position. Any station, regardless of their 
> operating  class,
> may access rover APRS data directly or via the Internet. "
>
> Happy  APRS roving to all !   Now, if only gas wasn't so  expensive.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
>
>
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