[PPRAANet] Has Field Day become a contest?

[Glenn]

     Mike:

   I've been saying for years it has become a contest. Yes we, hams go 
out and set up to make contacts but from my prospective it has gone from 
bragging rights to

contesting extreme. My take is/ was it was to test our mettle, to go 
out, set up and make as many contacts as possible. Alas from my take it 
has degenerated into

just one more contest! Just my two cents worth!!

Glenn n3ulw

On 7/17/2019 8:00 PM, wv7t--- via PPRAANet wrote:
> I submitted the results of PPRAA Field Day on the site where I have always submitted without any problems. Field Day is supposed to be a emergency preparedness exercise not a contest. I received an e-mail from ARRL requesting a cabrillo format copy of all FD contacts.I have never sent log extracts for FD. Cabrillo files are always used for true contests. I am waiting for ARRL to respond to an e-mailI sent out asking why this change as FD is not a contest.
> Stand by to stand by.
> If we fail to be recognized in the FD listings in the fall I am at fault. The reply from ARRL will hopefully shed some light on the extreme change in FD reporting criteria.
> Mike WV7T
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