[Elecraft] QRP FD KX2 Batteries & FT8 Report

[Kidder, George]

This would seem to be "from the horse's mouth"
Sorry about the formatting as copied from the PDF file - George, W3HBM

From: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2019/2019-FD-FAQ-RevA.pdf

Q.  We don’t have an area club, but we do have a small group of area hams
  (generally two or three of us get together for
operating events).  I have a l
arge
-deep
  property, and w
e will be setting up in my back yard.
What Class would we be
?
Class A, Class B or ?
A. Convenient access across one’s backyard to their home station 
facilities is not in keeping with the spirit of Class A or C
lass B
portable operations. Such convenient backyard operations on property of 
home stations remain either Class D (commercial power)
or Class E (emergency power), even if home antenna structures are not 
used. If the station will be a ‘good hike’ away from a hom
e
station (
eg, at the rear of a several acre lot, or perhaps operating from a 
farmers field down the road) -
  clearly away from home
conveniences (away from home utilities, or home restrooms/bedrooms, or 
even eating
  facilities/refrigerator/kitchen)
- then Class A
(3 or more pers
ons portable) or Class B (1 or 2 person portable) is appropriate.

On 6/25/2019 2:52 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
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> Interesting question. He reports:
> 
>> When our club’s plans for FD fell through at the last minute I set up 
>> 1B with my trusty KX-2 with a Bioenno battery and two internal KX2 
>> battery pacs on my back porch. Got a Par 40-20-10 end-fed up about 40’ 
>> in a north-south orientation only to find band conditions here were 
>> pretty bad here in the north with QRN, QSB and faint signals at best.
> 
> It sounds like he was not depending on any of the home station
> infrastructure e.g. antennas, so I think that he was in class
> 1B, one or two person portable or even perhaps 1Bb if he was
> battery QRP. YMMV.
> 
> But see also: 6.9. Batteries may be charged while in use. Except
> for Class D stations, the batteries must be charged from a power
> source other than commercial power mains.  To claim the power
> multiplier of five, the batteries must be charged from something
> other than a motor driven generator or commercial mains.
> 
> 73 Bill AE6JV
> 
> On 6/25/19 at 11:20 AM, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:
> 
>> On 6/25/2019 6:37 AM, Peter West wrote:
>>> When our club’s plans for FD fell through at the last minute I set up 
>>> 1B with my trusty
>> KX-2 with a Bioenno battery and two internal KX2 battery pacs on my 
>> back porch.
>>
>> FWIW, that puts you in 1E, not 1B.
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