[W8MWA] Temporary Rule Waivers Announced for 2020 ARRL Field Day

[Spence Graham]

05/28/2020

With one month to go before 2020 *ARRL Field Day*
<http://www.arrl.org/fieldday>, June 27 – 28, the ARRL Programs and
Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary rule waivers for the
event:

*1)      **For Field Day 2020 only, Class D stations may work all other
Field Day stations, including other Class D stations, for points.*

*Field Day rule 4.6* <http://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules#classd> defines
Class D stations as “Home stations,” including stations operating from
permanent or licensed station locations using commercial power. Class D
stations ordinarily may only count contacts made with Class A, B, C, E, and
F Field Day stations, but the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows Class D
stations to count contacts with other Class D stations for QSO credit.

*2)      **In addition, for 2020 only, an aggregate club score will be
published, which will be the sum of all individual entries indicating a
specific club (similar to the aggregate score totals used in ARRL
affiliated club competitions).*

Ordinarily, club names are only published in the results for Class A and
Class F entries, but the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows participants
from *any Class* <http://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules#class> to optionally
include a single club name with their submitted results following Field Day.

For example, if Podunk Hollow Radio Club members Becky, W1BXY, and Hiram,
W1AW, both participate in 2020 Field Day — Hiram from his Class D home
station, and Becky from her Class C mobile station — both can include the
radio club’s name when reporting their individual results. The published
results listing will include individual scores for Hiram and Becky, plus a
combined score for all entries identified as Podunk Hollow Radio Club.

The temporary rule waivers were adopted by the PSC on May 27, 2020.

ARRL Field Day is one of the biggest events on the amateur radio calendar,
with over 36,000 participants in 2019, including entries from 3,113 radio
clubs and emergency operations centers. In most years, Field Day is also
the largest annual demonstration of ham radio, because many radio clubs
organize their participation in public places such as parks and schools.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many radio clubs have made decisions to
cancel their group participation in ARRL Field Day this year due to public
health recommendations and/or requirements, or to significantly modify
their participation for safe social distancing practices. The temporary
rule waivers allow greater flexibility in recognizing the value of
individual and club participation regardless of entry class.

ARRL is contacting logging program developers about the temporary rule
waivers so developers can release updated versions of their software prior
to Field Day weekend. Participants are reminded that the preferred method
of submitting entries after Field Day is via the *web applet*
<https://field-day.arrl.org/fdentry.php>. The ARRL Field Day rules include
instructions for *submitting entries*
<http://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules#reporting> after the event. Entries
must be submitted or postmarked by Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

The ARRL Field Day *web page* <http://www.arrl.org/fieldday> includes a
series of articles with ideas and advice for adapting participation this
year.

-- 
73,

Spence

*Spencer W. Graham, II*
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