[GCARC] Winter Field Day.

[Frank Romeo]

The key word in WFD rules seems to be insulation.

Keep in mind most popup campers are basically tents on wheels.  No 
insulation, and if they have heat (not all of them do) it's not really 
enough to keep up with January temperatures.  Contrast this to the hard 
sided campers like Tony and I bring to field day - insulated, heat, air 
conditioning, hot & cold running water, shower, toilet, refrigerator, 
stove, microwave.. It's a whole house on wheels.

WFD does differentiate between a home/permanent station and 
remote/temporary, so calling a hard sided camper "indoor but remote" 
seems pretty fair.  Somebody operating with nothing but canvas or a tarp 
between them and the elements is going to have a much tougher time than 
somebody inside an insulated and climate controlled structure.

Any doubt just take a peek at this picture of the inside of the Field 
Day 2021 VHF station - I couldn't call this outdoors while keeping a 
straight face!

https://gloucestercountyarc.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/5/5/11554662/20210626-162607_orig.jpg

Probably a bit late this year to pull off a real effort, but I think a 
club effort at winter field day could be fun.

- Frank N3PUU

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On 2022-01-12 14:23, Vinnie Sallustio wrote:
> I am having second thoughts. Not about the cold, but their rules. This
> is not an ARRL event. It's run by 4 hams. If it was the same rules as
> summer field day, I would be ok with it. But one of the rules is that
> a popup camper is considered "outdoors", but a full camper (like Tony
> Starr's camper), is considered "indoors". Only a ham could come up
> with those bizarre rules. It almost sounds like they want us to freeze
> our asses off.
> 
> Vinnie N4NYY
> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 10:30 AM
> To: David Danichkin <kd2uxc at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [GCARC] Winter Field Day.
> 
> it's too cold out!
> winter field day is a gift for the south. YouTube will have wonderful
> videos of Floridians in tshirts outside for WFD.
> 
> herb KT2Y
> 
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 9:37 AM David Danichkin <kd2uxc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Good morning.
>> I may have missed a previous email. Or didn’t see a notification— I’m
>> fairly new to the club so I’m still getting a handle of the schedule 
>> and
>> notifications.
>> 
>> But is the club doing anything for winter field day this year? And if 
>> yes,
>> what’s the best way to get involved?
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> David
>> KD2UXC
>> 
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