The info below is not included in the attached VUAC report which will be made public. As per Part 1.B VUAC desires to have an explanatory document produced prior to or with release of any changes adopted in the EME rules. The attached file EME_v5.doc is the VUAC's proposed text for the EME Competition. K0BJ PSC chair -:- VUAC Proposal, December 20, 2008 Part 1: EME Contest Rules A) Adopt reformulated ARRL EME contest rules as documented in EME_v5.doc (attached). B) Prior to release of the updated EME contest rules that the VUAC work with the ARRL staff to establish a document that discusses the rational for the rule changes and that this document be placed on the ARRL's website for the purpose of improved communication with the EME contest community. Part 2: Rover rules. Change the General VHF Contest Rules to read: 2.3.8. Any rover making more than 30 contacts with any one other rover, or more than 50% of its total contacts with other rovers, will be placed in the Unlimited Rover category. 2.4. Limited Rover. Same as the "Rover" class above but participates with no more than the four lowest frequency bands that are defined for any given contest. Their output power is restricted to the same power levels as those defined for the Single Operator Low Power category (2.1.1) Part 3: Minimum distance rule. Modify the General VHF Contest Rules to read: 1.10 While no minimum distance is specified for contacts, equipment shall have been demonstrated to be capable of communications at a range of at least 1 km. Part 4: Add club competition to the August UHF Contest. Modify General Contest rule 8.1.9 by adding the following section: 8.1.9 (August) UHF Contest. ---- end ----