I'm hoping the collective wisdom of this list can help me with a rule
interpretation.
Many contests have a rule like "All transmitters and receivers must be located
within a 500-meter circle." For contests that don't include a specific mobile
rule or category, I've taken the 500-meter circle rule to mean that a station
must be, well, stationary for the duration of the contest. So if I'm operating
from my vehicle, once I make the first contact of the contest, I need to stay
within 500 meters of that point (or whatever depending on if it specifies a
radius or a diameter) for any subsequent contest contacts.
Am I over-interpreting the rule? Is it just meant to require that a station
must fit within such a circle at any given time, but it's ok for that circle to
move during the course of the contest like a rover or mobile operation? I was
interpreting it as requiring the station be fixed, but maybe it just means that
the station must be compact and not distributed across multiple locations?
Cheers,
-John N6JSO
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