Tom, There is not an AMSAT Rover FAQ: To answer your questions: Per ARRL VHF/UHF Century Club Award Rules, paragraphs 4(e) and 4(f) stations who claim to operate from more than one grid locator simultaneously need to be exactly on the line or grid corner and document with a picture showing your equipment and a GPS displaying your location exactly on the line or corner and a GPS error no more than 20 feet. See https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Awards%20Application%20Forms/VUCCRULE1a.pdf for further information. Logging contacts in LOTW requires you to create a new Station Location in TQSL, just like you did creating your home location. If you operate from a grid line, enter your grid as grid,grid (i.e. EM70,EM71). Do no put a space after the comma. A grid corner would be grid,grid,grid,grid (i.e. EM70,EM71,EM80,EM81). While there is no "Most Wanted" list for rare grids, KE0PBR hosts an account on Twitter called @GridMasterHeatMap. Look at the most recently posted map to see what percentage of the participating operators have for each grid. Direct link to the account: https://twitter.com/GridMasterHeat.
73, Robert Bankston, KE4ALVice-President, User ServicesRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Twitter: @KE4ALabamaWebsite: KE4AL.wordpress.com
On Sunday, October 27, 2019, 08:31:30 PM CDT, Thomas Talley via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Has a "Rover FAQ" been developed as a way to help perspective rovers? A couple of questions come to mind (i.e. not meant to be all inclusive, rather a starting point):
Q: How close does one need to be to a "grid line" for the location to count as two Grids? Q: How close does one need to be at the intersection of four grids for the location to count as four Grids? Q: How to log roving in ARRL's LOTW? Does each grid location need an entry in TQSL? Q: Is there a listing of the "Rare grids"? Particularly for the south west?
I am sure there are many other questions related to roving.
73, Tom K0CFI
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