I did the same thing as you, Bob. CQ'd for a little over an hour at the
end of our FD "operating activity", and had a good run. I had several "1D"
stations call also, but I didn't mind it all, because I was fresh meat to
many other stations who hopefully appreciated the Q. It was fun just the
same..... I had a ball.
I have two comments:
1. You acknowledge that FD is not a contest, but your post is about reading
and understanding CONTEST rules, so what's the problem with zero pointers in
a noncontest?
2. I wonder how many of the "1D" stations who called you just happened onto
your frequency while S & Ping, and called you without realizing that you
were also a "1D"?
Don, N5LZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc@citlink.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:04 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Field Day and contesting...
I consider Field Day more of a radio activity than a contest. I do know many
use it as an opportunity for contest training and try to be competitive.
Overall I think Field Day and its rules shed light on a topic that has been
discussed here... reading and understanding contest rules.
I did a casual low-power effort from my home station (1D), mostly on 10m
SSB. Saturday evening the band was in great shape and allowed me to run 223
stations from 22:38 until 00:27.
During this run, 80 "1D" stations called me. That is more than 35% of the
stations that I logged who called in for Zero points. Obviously, if a
station had heard the previous QSO, they *should* have known that I was a
"1D" station and would not count for anything. (Exception, someone looking
to boost their WAS numbers.)
So the point is, a significant number of operators either don't read or
don't understand the rules for Field Day. I expect this carries over to all
other contests as well.
I am not complaining... I wasn't "contesting"... I was having a ball working
the pileup that was calling me. I am posting this observation because I felt
that the number of 1D stations logged was excessive and it reinforced the
idea that many stations participate in contests "just for the fun of it" and
could care less about the rules.
My other observation was the end of Field Day. Normally I find very high
activity during the last hour. But Sunday afternoon I had to look at the
rules again because the bands seem vacant during the last hour! I was
thinking it might have ended at 20:00 instead of 21:00.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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