‰ NOW 10 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MAY 2019 QST PAGE 69 ‰ CREATING A STEADY STREAM OF CONTACTS AND BOOSTING SCORES. THE BASICS ROVERS USE SSB, CW, FM, AND EVEN DIGITAL MODES LIKE FT8 OR MSK144. A BEGINNING ROVER STATION OFTEN CONSISTS OF AN ALL BAND TRANSCEIVER, SUCH AS AN ICOM IC 706/ 7000/ 7100 OR A YAESU FT 857 /897, AND SIMPLE ANTENNAS FOR ONE OR ALL OF THE 50, 144, AND 432 MHZ BANDS. ADDING 222 MHZ WITH A ‰ END OF 10 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ