I'm pretty sure I remembered that also, But was too chicken to say
anything about it.
Radical thoughts like that has gotten me in trouble here before.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 6/29/2010 8:59 PM, Rex Maner wrote:
> If I remember correctly Once Upon a Time
>
> Class D stations were not supposed to call CQ ??
>
> Maybe I'm just getting Old
>
> Q
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zack Widup"<w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
> To: "CQ Contest"<cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day and contesting...
>
>
>
>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:06 AM,<jpescatore@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> A couple of points, some already pointed out:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. When you call CQ, other Class D stations don't know you are class D
>>> until after they call you.
>>> 2. A lot of folks sending class D just heard the activity and start
>>> answering CQs - they never read the rules, never will.
>>>
>>>
>> I often wondered if class D stations shouldn't call CQ. It seems
>> counter-productive if you get a lot of class D stations calling. If you
>> just
>> want to run stations, whether they count for the activity or not, then I
>> guess you just have fun with it.
>>
>>
>>
>>> 4. Points? Points? This is FD - we don't need no steenkin' points!
>>>
>>>
>>> FD is a unique contest in that you get a lot of extra points for other
>>>
>> activities. I always copy the ARRL CW Field Day bulletin, which nets us an
>> extra 100 points. Having a county or state official visit your site gets
>> you
>> extra points too, as does writing out a little message in NTS
>> radiogram format and sending it to your section manager via the NTS.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I think a new FD rule is needed: no station in VA should be allowed to
>>> enter class 4A, as many casual CW ops seemed
>>>
>>>
>> I worked a lot of them, too! Pretty funny!
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
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