[NLRS] Two-Meter Classic Sprint (or is it a DASH?)

[Rich Westerberg]

I like that rovers are included but 30 minutes is tough.  If we did
something similar, I'd suggest an hour length and let rovers move at will.
I would suggest that you work one station once (not per mode).

Rich N0HJZ

On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 12:44 PM John Kalenowsky <hamk9jk at gmail.com> wrote:

> With the time shortened to 30 minutes, it sounds like more of a DASH, than
> a Sprint. (Though did I read that the 'test run' on April 24th, was from
> 1300Z to 2300Z, which sounds like TEN hours to me but the write up on the
> fwrc.info web page says it was NINE hours?)
>
> Single Band (2 meters) and allowing only 'classic' modes (SSB/CW) seem like
> positives.
>
> Allowing Rovers positive but rovers having to remain in a grid square for
> 10 minutes before moving to another takes away a little...hope that the
> rover can find spots close to a grid border (or corner). BUT is it *worth*
> setting up a rover for a half hour contest?? (If I just go with my loop
> antenna on the CoROVERolla...maybe?)
>
> Question - can a station be worked on BOTH CW and on SSB? Since cross-band
> is not allowed and specific frequencies are listed for CW (144.050-144.100)
> vs. SSB (144.200-144.270), maybe? But will a station be penalized if they
> make an SSB QSO on 144.190? Or if they make a CW QSO on 144.210?
>
> I'm planning to give it a shot this Saturday (June 5th, 2021) - that's 8
> a.m. to 8:30 a.m. local for us in the Central Time Zone (at least while we
> remain in Daylight Savings Time...could be rough in November and December
> at 7 a.m. local).
>
> 73, (K9)JK(/R)
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