Field Day is fun but there are not really a lot of operating challenges to it. One way to liven things up would be to set some operating goals other than just making the most contacts possible. By g
There are not many if you run 1d, now trying to operate while handling generators. logging networks, turning antennas manually, the heat creating all kinds of disconforts you know where, the bugs bit
Felipe J Hernandez wrote: "if you ask me, "contest like" 1D's ruin the fun." IMHO, not necessarily? How about the, "fun" that the 1D operators have? Not everyone, myself included, is inclined to oper
Feel free to add that if you find too many D stations calling you. We'll be on from here with 2d or 3d or maybe more, still haven't decided for sure yet. Warm and dry and no bugs. David Robbins K1TTT
IMHO, not necessarily? How about the, "fun" that the 1D operators have? Not everyone, myself included, is inclined to operate "while handling generators. logging networks, turning antennas manually,
Shelby That 1D can be changed to 1E very easily by getting an extension cord and bringing it in thru the window and plug it into the outlet in the car port. No need to hook the rig to ther extension
I disagree. I am sure that there are many field day locations that could be considered "fun". Field day in my area is not. I stopped participating in field day (outdoors/generator) sometime ago. This
i am going to be 1D this year, on 80m with a regen using 76s, and an osc using a tube you have never heard of popular in 1924, and a wire up in a tree. mike w7dra ____________________________________
Our local club had a great site on a farm that we used for decades. Then either the farm got sold or the owners got too old and we lost that site. We tried several others for some years but they just
Only if the outlet in your car port is not fed from commercial power! The rule about claiming the bonus if emergency power is available (and tested) only applies to EOCs (class F). ~Iain / N6ML _____
I disagree. On Field Day, like in other contests, some newbies are bashful about calling CQ and would rather answer CQs. 1D stations can give them that opportunity to jump in and get wet. Some Field
1D? All you need is a good deep cycle battery or two to have fun for FD, even from home. I did the battery QRP thing for several years but with very good antennas (yagis, bobtails, and full wave loop
Well, I was especific to mention "contest like" 1 d's 1d's make a lot of qsos that help the starting guys get acquainted and relaxed of the intoleration for slow ops sometimes found in contests. Thos
just a second, we are not talking about a contest here, but an emergency exercise. if we do something that to us is an emergency, is that not the spirit of the thing? when is the last time you ran a
No, that is not the spirit ... or the letter ... of the thing. The Field Day rule separating class D from class E doesn't refer to "emergency" power. The relevant term is "commercial" power. If you u
I have enough challenges in normal contests, fd is nice relaxing one. I have had to run the whole house on generator power during contests a couple times the last few years, and got iced out of some
Us 1D's have our own challenges. It's not easy pulling out a guy running 25 watts and loading up a rake. Mike, NT6X _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Kee
Some years ago, I remember visiting the field day setup of W4GR. I had gotten there about 10 pm. They had set up several stations, and I happen to find an empty seat at the 40m SSB station. While the
They do have a challenge. Running 500 watts to a real beam means you get pileups of hams who haven't touched a microphone or key in 364 days and sound like it... 73 Rich NN3W Us 1D's have our own cha
yea, offer plaques, awards just like regular contest, have special catagories too, SO SB, So2r, Muliti op, etc, its runnning like a contest, so make it a real contest, and lets for get about its real