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

[Karl Larsen]

N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> 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
>
>
    Your right Jim. I will write and be clear that I mean in the same FD 
group. The Radio Club I belong to is like 99.9% of all the others. Most 
Hams like SSB. A small vocal group likes CW. So it splits our club. The 
CW lovers go to their own FD and run QRP. The rest go to the Club FD and 
work SSB. If we have diversity in power then the two groups can work 
together.

73 Karl K5DI