[Elecraft] KX3/KX2 remote for FD

Walter Underwood wunder at wunderwood.org
Thu May 14 14:36:56 EDT 2020


Field day can be both an operating event and a contest. This is not an either/or situation. The stated purpose is what ARRL says it is. The incentive to participate, the icing on the cake, is a contest that is part of the event.

You can get 950 points with zero QSOs. I’m assuming that the emergency power bonus does not apply if you don’t make any contacts. If it does, then you can score 1050. The rest of the score comes from contest-style contacts plus GOTA and youth contacts.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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> On May 14, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
> 
> From ARRL - At its core, Field Day is a local event and an opportunity for local amateur radio clubs to showcase the skills, science and technologies that make radio communication such a wonderful hobby and a valuable public service.
> 
> I see nothing about this being a contest.  
> 
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 14, 2020, at 1:12 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 5/14/2020 7:56 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>>> However it has become a "contest" to see who and what organization can accumulate the most points.  A contact is a contact, a multiplier is a mathematical term.    It has no place in Field Day operation.
>> 
>> My first FD was 1956. It has ALWAYS been a contest. It was my first, and it made me a contester!
>> 
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>> Then W8FNI
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