[PaQSO] Rover vs. Mobile....

[k3yd at aol.com]

My understanding is that a MOBILE station is capable of operating while 
in motion, but for safety sake is usually better operated while 
parked--unless the operator is NOT the driver. The antenna(s) are 
mounted on the vehicle and move with it.

A ROVER is a station which temporarily deploys/uses antennas which are 
not attached to the vehicle (i.e., a dipole in a tree, a beam on a pipe 
mast). The station can be in the vehicle or set up on a table or 
whatever. When the ROVER moves to another location, the antenna is 
typically taken down and then erected at the next location. I suppose 
you could abandon antennas at each ROVER location, but some might call 
that littering, and it would become expensive after several counties.

Anybody have a different spin on this?

73 de k3yd


-----Original Message-----
From: n3zip at hotmail.com
To: paqso at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, 10 May 2007 3:06 PM
Subject: [PaQSO] Rover vs. Mobile....


Mike, et. al.,

Just wondering if you would be so good as to post the difference(s), 
whether by rule or matter of opinion, between operating in the Rover 
vs. Mobile categories? My take is something like this: Operating 
'Mobile' is driving and operating from the vehicle, mostly but not 
entirely while in motion, and picking up counties as you go; whereas 
operating 'Rover' would be driving to a location, setting up a station, 
making contacts, breaking down, and going to the next county, etc. 
Although I realize some rovers (especially serious VHF guys) tend to 
have most of their station constructed around their vehicle, they still 
must stop and deploy for maximum effectiveness, while a mobile 
installation, in my take on it, is designed around operating 
"on-the-go".

All opinions are welcome, and please bear in mind that I have not sat 
and compared the rules for each category side-by-side.
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