[NLRS] ARRL Contest rule clarification

[Zack Widup]

About the only time I do that is when I'm beaconing on a microwave band and
transmitting on a liaison frequency at the same time. We have to do that
sometimes.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

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> 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!
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> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
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> 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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