[NLRS] ARRL Contest rule clarification

[Jon Platt]

Below is a cut & paste from the recent ARRL Contest Update newsletter.  The note provides clarification regarding allowance for transmitting on more than one band at the same time.  Beef up your power supplies!

73, Jon
W0ZQ
 
Bart, W9JJ, Contest Branch Manager, posted the following to a number of contest-related email reflectors:
"We have reviewed the ARRL VHF Contest Rules, and with input from several helpful participants we have also revisited ARRL Board action history.  In January 2015, in conjunction with the announcement of the expansion of spotting assistance and added categories in the all ARRL VHF Contests, the ARRL Board approved several changes including to "...allow single operators to transmit on more than one band at a time."  This was published in ARRL News 21 January 2015 at http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-okays-changes-to-dxcc-program-vhf-and-above-contesting-rules.  This action was intended to apply to all ARRL VHF/UHF Contests above 50 MHz.  Accordingly, the online rules for the January, June and September VHF Contests, as well as the "222 MHz and Above Distance Contest" have now been adjusted to conform to this policy. Earlier, the January, June and September Contest Rules on line "sort of" said this in the miscellaneous rules at the bottom, but did not clearly state this in the section 3 rules which were specific to Single Operator stations. These adjustments will now clearly bring the VHF Contest Rules into harmony - permitting single operators to transmit on more than one band at the same time."

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