[NLRS] June vhf rule VCAT.5.3.6??

[Matt Holden]

W0ZF, AE0EE and myself nearly ran into the 100 QSO limit during one contest.
We dropped the 50 and 144 MHz contacts because of the low value.
We use Alinco 220/900 MHz dual band handhelds to scoop up more
lucrative multipliers at the grid square corners.
See you in Winstead in June or September?
73,
Matt Holden KØBBC

On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 4:42 PM John Kalenowsky <hamk9jk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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