[PaQSO] Rover vs. Mobile....

[Michael Coslo]

On May 10, 2007, at 5:20 PM, k3yd at aol.com wrote:

> 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.


That would be legitimate if expensive. Say if for some reason a  
couple people wanted to put up separate antennas at different  
locations, then move between them and take them down after the party,  
that would be acceptable also. It would be a lot of extra work that  
would be better put into a clever antenna system, but to each their  
own...


-73 de Mike KB3EIA -