[Rover] Rover Poll

[Buck Calabro]

>1. Would you favor making the June=20
>contest a 50mhz - 1296mhz only?
	no

>2. Would you favor the elimination=20
>of the August UHF contest?
	no

>3. Would you favor giving stations only=20
>1 point for contacting rovers when other=20
>stations get more?
	no

>4. Do you favor reverting to the "OLD=20
>Rover Rules" ?
	no (really don't care)

>5. Do you favor changing the 10ghz and=20
>up contest to include 2.3ghz and up?
	no

>6. Do you favor grid circulating with=20
>a category for that method?
>	yes

>7. Do you favor captive rovering? (No=3Dyou=20
>might consider means to control it)
	yes

>8. Do you think Rover participation has=20
>gone down in the past three years?
	no

I don't see a problem with captive rovers or grid circling.  If there's =
a human being who can muster enough influence, time, money and rovers to =
do either of these things then I say Good on 'em.  In fact, either of =
these methods can be used to mentor beginners like me.  How else can you =
assemble a rover station on the cheap and get someone hooked?  Surely, =
the League doesn't want us to wait to go roving until we have a full 12 =
band station?  The whole thing seems to be a tempest in a teapot to me.

I have to say that if the proposals go into effect, I might not submit a =
log until I have a really competitive station.  I bet that's a scenario =
the committee didn't think of.  Rover is in the logs of many stations =
year after year but never submits a log until he sports a W3IY-class =
rover van, when he scores half a million points after not entering the =
contest for ten years.

I'm against all the proposed changes except perhaps the awards and the =
new 706-class entry.  And even that one is iffy to me.  It seems odd =
that so much work and debate should go into something as meaningless as =
points.  It's not like there's a monetary prize involved, and 'cheating' =
or bending the rules is worth a mint...
  --buck KC2HIZ