[NLRS] How to log rovers for the contest(s).

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Further to Jon's note, that is ESPECIALLY important since a Rover, per 
UHF Contest Rule 3.3.6, can ALSO operate AS a "Single-Op"/fixed 
station IN ADDITION to their Rover operation and submit TWO logs 
(which IS what I DID and I WILL BE submitting TWO logs, so only 198 
logs needed besides mine to reach 200!).

I'm sure HOPING that the 8 QSOs I made as Single-Op Low Power from the 
house will be in logs as "K9JK" and that all who worked me roving have 
me in as "K9JK/R". I did the same this past January and it appears 
that the log checking program handled it well. I also did it in June 
but no results there (yet). In the UHF Contest, besides what I DID, I 
actually worked someone from their home/fixed station AND he went out 
in his car as "/R" and made contacts with me from both sides of a grid 
border near his home QTH...every little bit helps!

One further reminder...2008 is really sounding like it was the year 
for the "middle" of the U.S. and, with all who roved and some "potent" 
single-op participants in and around the area where the roving 
happened, there should be some significant scores from "our" area and 
I'd like to have detail on that "now" (since it will probably be 
mid-October before I receive "official" results and I'll be on an 
EARLY-November deadline to get the QST article written for the January 
issue which will be distributed starting mid-December).

I'm open to almost ANYTHING to add to the web report for the UHF 
Contest results so if anyone wants to write a "sidebar" regarding how 
things went in Rovermania V (U?) or even just some comments or 
observations...I WELCOME them. Feel free to send direct to me or put 
info on the ARRL Soapbox (I ALSO look for interesting tidbits there so 
I might contact you from that). It's ONLY two pages in QST so I'm 
thinking I'll be challenged to "crunch" content to fit there 
(especially with two additional categories from Limited and Unlimited 
Rover) but I've been told that space on the Web is, at least 
virtually, UN-limited.

73, JK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jcplatt1 at mmm.com>
To: "NLRS Reflector" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 13:54
Subject: [NLRS] How to log rovers for the contest(s).


>
>
>
> Many of you may know this already.  In your contest log please make 
> sure
> that you indicate /R for the suffix for the rovers that you worked 
> this
> weekend.   For example, I was not "W0ZQ" but "W0ZQ/R".   If you 
> worked a
> rover and don't indicate that by using the "/R" in your log your 
> contact
> may be deleted.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
>
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