[Elecraft] Field Day Rule Change

[Karl Larsen]

    After some thought the problem is simply that a 5 Watt SSB station 
even on a very good antenna will, as a rule, make fewer contacts than a 
QRP CW station in the same Group. The reason is QRM. A good CW radio 
like the K2 or the AT Sprint 3 have narrow bandpass which is perfect for 
CW. It helps you work around QRM and get a contact completed.

    The SSB band is wall to wall stations and the strength of your 
signal matters a lot. A QRP SSB station will catch a very strong station 
that has cleared away the others and sneeks in and gets a contact. It is 
all Search and Ponce. On CW QRP I have called CQ FD and held a frequency 
for 30 minutes on 20 Meters.

    In my opinion, QRP SSB does not work well because of QRM. So I want 
to be able to plan a FD with QRP CW and 150 Watt SSB in the same Group.

73 Karl