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+ CODE Rover Activities
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+ CODE Rover Activities
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+Roving is the act of running a portable VHF/UHF station, often in a contest.
+For ARRL and similar contests, points are awarded for contacting other
+stations, and
+points multipliers are awarded for each "grid" worked. Since many grids do
+not have permanent VHF/UHF/Microwave amateur stations, contest organizers
+often provide a modest benefit in the form of additional multipliers to
+stations that "go mobile" and operate from multiple grids.
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+We think operating in contests as a rover is a lot of fun, and it helps get
+around the fact that our homes are not ideal VHF/UHF/Microwave locations!
+Keeping several bands worth of radios and antennas working while bouncing
+around in rural areas can be quite a challenge... but it keeps us from
+getting bored!
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+The picture on our QSL card, above, was taken by WD0FHG in DM89, during the
+August ARRL UHF contest in 1999. Click on the image to see a bigger version.
+Have duct tape, will rove!
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Contest Diary
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+ 2000
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+ 1999
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+ 1998
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+ Rover Resources
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+ Equipment Vendors
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+Here are a few of the places we've bought equipment for our roving operations.
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+- Down East Microwave
+ We like DEM! Their transverters are good mojo, and they're very
+ supportive. They also sell antennas from Directive Systems and others,
+ and they make a bunch of neat widgets for interfacing transverters.
+
+ - Directive Systems
+ We've bought some K1FO yagis from these folks, and are completely
+ satisfied.
+
+ - Olde Antenna Lab
+ Dave's a neat guy, and he makes nice antennas. Our 6m antenna and our
+ 2m omni came from Olde.
+
+ - eBay
+ The premier online auction site. Be careful here, but from time to
+ time we've found good deals on gear in the ham radio and test
+ equipment categories.
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+ Other Information
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+- ARRL Contest Information
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- Cedar Rapids Microwave Society
+ These guys get much of the credit for our getting started in roving.
+ Rod K0DAS and friends hosted a rover session at the 1998 Central States
+ VHF Society meeting in Kansas City that gave us a bunch of ideas and
+ the confidence that we could "just do it"...
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+Bdale Garbee,
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