[Elecraft] They Laughed At My K1

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/29/08 3:47:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jperelst at yahoo.com writes:


> Plus, just think of those multiplier points for QRP and for solar power.

Unfortunately, there probably weren't any.

The way the Field Day rules are written, the power of the most-powerful rig 
in an FD setup is the power of all the rigs. All QSOs get the same power 
multiplier. IOW you don't get the QRP-battery multiplier unless every FD QSO is made 
running QRP-battery.

There's a 100 point natural power bonus (not a multiplier) for making at 
least 5 QSOs with a rig powered by an alternative energy source (usually a solar 
panel). At K3TU we earned this bonus with a K2 and solar panel.

IMHO it would be a great thing if a multi-rig FD setup could have different 
power levels on different band/modes.

73 de Jim, N2EY 


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