[NLRS] June vhf rule VCAT.5.3.6??

[John Kalenowsky]

Hi Dave,

That is a correct interpretation of that rule (VCAT5.3.6)

Visiting 10 total grids and doing a full dance at each gives you 16
possible QSOs on each band at the grid corner where you start (4 grids),
then up to 12 more possible QSOs per band at each subsequent corner so 10
grids would mean three more corners and 52 QSO possibilities per band. Just
2 bands would put you over 100 if you did all of the possibilities.

If you enter the Unlimited Rover category, no limits (but BOTH rovers would
have to enter as Unlimited). Unlimited Rover scores cannot count for Club
competition, though.

A strategy for a 'rover pair' would be to focus on 'higher point' bands
(222 & 432, worth 2 points; 902 and 1.2G  worth 3 points, 2.3G & Up worth 4
points) for the 100 that you can make with the other rover but make sure
you get at least ONE on the lower bands to be sure you get the multiplier.

For rover packs (more than two rovers) where the rovers have many bands,
they don't do the full dance around each corner, just make contacts with
each other in each 'same' grid and might not work all of the other rovers
on the 1 point bands (50 and 144 MHz), just be selective in the pairing for
the lower bands so all multipliers are gotten and QSO points are maximized.

If you do happen TO make more than 100 Qs with another Rover, you can mark
the excess QSOs as "X-QSO:" in your Cabrillo log file (rather than "QSO:"
so you are not 'forced' to be an Unlimited Rover) but take care in which
ones you mark so you don't lose a multiplier. Several Rovers have done that
in recent contests.

So, what ARE you thinking about doing for June?

73, JK