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

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/8/06 8:29:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, k5di at zianet.com 
writes:


> 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.

It's not about mode-vs.-mode. It's about being able to mix various power 
levels in the same group.

> 
>     Not sure who to write and ask for the change.

ARRL Contest Committee. Also put it in the Soapbox comments on the ARRL 
website.

But it has to be presented the right way. CW-vs.-SSB isn't the right way, 
because non-phone modes already get double the points.

I would say this:

One of the main purposes and core values of Field Day is diversity. The rules 
and scoring methods support that, by rewarding many different Amateur Radio 
activities with multipliers and bonus points. 

But in the area of power level, strict conformity is imposed on 
multitransmitter Field Day groups. By making the most powerful transmitter the power level 
of the whole group, the incentive to diversify operations by power level is 
eliminated. This is contrary to the spirit of the event!

Before 1971, multitransmitter FD groups could claim different power 
multipliers for different rigs. According to the QST announcement of the time, this 
rule was changed to simplify the reporting and log keeping. Considering how much 
the rules have changed over the years, and how much of the logging and 
reporting has been computerized, the rules should be changed again to allow different 
power multipliers for different band/modes.

If enough of us write to the ARRL Contest Committee with words like that, we 
might be successful.

73 de Jim, N2EY