I too wonder about the purpose of the 15 minute rule, and am quite sure it discourages use of 160, 10 and even 15 in this contest. We put up a 160m antenna this year and foolishly went onto that band
I agree...but I also wonder how this is enforced, since you don't submit a log for FD, just a dupe sheet! 73-Chuck KI9A _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
At 01:12 AM 6/29/04 +0100, Roger Parsons wrote: I too wonder about the purpose of the 15 minute rule, and am quite sure it discourages use of 160, 10 and even 15 in this contest. The reason this rule
<The reason this rule was implemented was to outlaw the use of an "octopus"..... ....dreaded "fifteen minute rule" to preclude it's use. Dave/K8CC Thanks Dave Now I understand why they did it, and cl
or similar switching setup on Field Day. For those not familiar with the term, an octopus was essentially a switching setup which allowed multiple radios, operating on multiple bands, to be interlock
And the ARRL claims that Field Day isn't a contest. 73 - Jim AD1C == Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
Miss America is a scholarship pagent Field Day is an operating event 73 Dave - N8IA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.con