[MiQP-Mail] Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers

[Hank Greeb]

A suggestions, NOT a criticism for MIQP mobile/rover operation.

Why not get together as a group (I thimk most of the mobiles are members 
of MRRC) and decide on who will cover what counties, and divide the 
number of counties amongst the mobiles.  Maybe this was done, but I've 
seen 20+ counties per mobile, giving less than an hour per county.

If conditions are great, it really doesn't matter how long a particular 
county is on the air, because people from everywhere can contact people 
from anywhere.  But, when conditions are not optimal, then only distant 
stations can contact mobiles from many of the counties, and the local 
(Michigan) stations do not have an opportunity to gain "rare" multipliers. 

The fellow who ran four counties, and switched from 40/20 during the day 
from each of the counties for the "far out" states, and back to the same 
4 counties for a tour of 80/75 meters had a good idea.  He was on over 
an hour in each county on each band, which should have allowed folks who 
were really looking for the county to find the station.

The optimum contest would have a well equipped fixed station in every 
county for the duration of the contest, and the mobiles would be "icing 
on the cake."   That doesn't even happen in Sweepsteaks  (for ARRL 
Sections) so this is certainly a "pipe dream."

73 de n8xx/N8M Hg