[Elecraft] FD Battery rules (was QRP Power Level?)

[Karl Larsen]

    I am with you Jim. Field Day rules should change to allow a CW 
station to operate QRP and get the added score for being QRP, with 
another station working SSB at 1500 watts who get the usual 1 point,  
per contact.

    Not sure who to write and ask for the change. But this last FD QRP 
SSB was just not practical.

73 Karl




N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/7/06 3:16:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cbw at io.com 
> writes:
>   
>> While the Battery subclass is limited to 5W, the Alternative Power Bonus
>> is not.  We were running 100W on Battery for one of our stations using
>> Solar Panels as the power source.
>>
>> I also agree that the Battery subclass should allow more power.  There
>> would still be the QRP power multiplier to account for the power level. 
>> My club might be willing to go to all battery, but would not be willing to
>> give up 13db.
>>
>>     
>
> I think there are a couple different issues here.
>
> First off, the power levels aren't equally spaced. 5 W to 150 W is almost 15 
> dB, but 150 W to 1500 W is only 10 dB. 
>
> Second, a multitransmitter setup has to use the power of the highest-power 
> station in the setup. IOW, if it's not all QRP, it's not QRP at all. It didn't 
> used to be that way - until 1971, a multitransmitter setup could have multiple 
> power categories and multipliers. I think we should go back to the way it was 
> before 1971.
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
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