[Elecraft] Field Day Report

[dave]

To quote the FD FAQ:

Q. What equipment at our Field Day site must be operated off of the 
emergency power in order to claim the 100-point per transmitter bonus?
A. You must operate all transmitting and receiving equipment from 
emergency power. If you use a computer for digital modes, and/or to 
control or operate the radio, it also must use emergency power. If the 
computer is used only for logging and is not keying the transmitter, 
it does not need to be emergency powered.


If the pc is not connected to the radio it does not need to be on 
emergency power. But if the radio is controlled or keyed by the pc 
then the pc is part of the transmitter and must be on emergency power.

I believe that if the pc is on mains power and you use it to key or 
otherwise control the rig, i.e. run digi, then you should be in the 
commercial power class. If you can't claim the emergency power bonus 
then you must be on commercial power, even if the radios are on 
generators.

73 de dave
ab9ca



On 6/26/18 2:26 PM, 1lasportsman 1lasportsman wrote:
> How would this apply as we had the radio's on generator power?
>> On June 26, 2018 at 1:08 PM Howard Hoyt wrote: > > > Buck, k4ia wrote: > >>Only the transmitter has to be on battery power. > >>You can run a computer, air-conditioner and > >>television on a generator or even mains power. > > This would be correct if the computer was not attached to the rig. Many people use CAT control which makes logging so much easier, in in that configuration one has to run both the rig and APC from battery if claiming battery power status. > Howie - WA4PSC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to 1lasportsman at cox.net
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