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Fun with Roving!An Introduction to Insanity!

Greg Jurrens

K5GJ

August 8, 2015

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Agenda

• What is Roving?

• Equipment – Beg, Borrow, and Build

• Partners, Groups, and Packs

• Planning

• Perils and Pitfalls

• Risks and Rewards

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What is Roving?

Roving: (noun/verb/adverb/cussword) –

The fine art of stuffing every piece of VHF

and Microwave gear you own into and onto

your vehicle… then driving hundreds or

thousands of miles while contacting the

same people over and over again!

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Roving Equipment

• A Vehicle

• 1 or more VHF or higher radio

• Some sort of Antenna

After that….. It’s just Style points!

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Start small!

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Graduate to some structure

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It’s all just plumbing….

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Home Depot + Help = Rover

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Cables are always a challenge

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The “Pros” make it look easy

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Junque-box Junkie

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8PM Friday…

Works Great on the Bench…

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If it works…

Why NOT fool with it!

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But hey… It works!

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How much junque can you

stuff in a car?

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Or in the trunk…

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Cockpit Design

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K5QE White Rover

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Is that an HRO Shelf?

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Sometimes… it doesn’t all fit!

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Types of Rovers

• Run-n-Gun

• Shoot-n-Scoot

• Stop-n-Plop

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Run-n-Gun

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Run-n-Gun

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Shoot-n-Scoot

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Shoot-n-Scoot

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Some is good, More is

better…

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YeeHaw!

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Multi-Story Stack

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Simple Stop-n-Plop

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Westfalia Rover

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K5GJ and KN5D in EL28hv

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“What did you bring?”

EVERYTHING!

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Hybrids

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Serious SnP

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Now THAT is Stop-n-Plop!

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Partners, Packs, and Pileups

• Roving Classes

– Limited Rover – 2 ops, 4 lower bands

– Classic Rover – 2 ops, Unlimited bands

– Unlimited Rover – Anything Goes*

• Small Group Roving

• Pack Roving

* well… almost anything….

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Small Group Rovers

Outstanding in their Field

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Pack Roving in America

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Rover FlashMOB

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Rover Mob Gatherings

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A day at the beach…

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Planning?

• Where are we going?

• When are we stopping?

• Who’s going to talk to us?

• When’s lunch?

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Where the heck are we?

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Set reasonable route goals…

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Plan, Publish, and Play your

Route!

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Google Earth is your Friend!

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Always be looking for good

sites

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Don’t forget to Eat!

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When East meets West…

There is food!

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Where else?!

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Get PLENTY of Rest!

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Perils and Pitfalls

what could possibly go wrong?

• Equipment breakdown

• Vehicle Issues

• Weather

• Damage (Usually Self-Inflicted)

• Safety Concerns

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Take along a few tools

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You are gonna break stuff…

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B1RD Strikes are a Bummer

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Beware of Ice Buildup

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DO NOT PUT LIPS ON

WAVEGUIDE!

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Risks and Rewards

• When it all goes wrong…..

• Occasionally you get it right.

• And who cares?

• Because Sometimes… Magic Happens!

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#1 Risk to Rovers:

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What Low Cable??

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Leaning Tower of Squalos

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Just a little off the top please.

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Wallpapers to Go!

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Or the Worst Case Scenario..

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Moon over Rovers – EM21

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Sunrise in EM10

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Sunday Sunrise

Freeport Beach

EL28hv

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The Magic of RainScatter

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What’s Next?

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Get out and go ROVING!

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