Rick et al-
At our class 1A FD our hf station is about 90% cw ( last year we made 1200
cw and 200 ssb Q's) and the lower class licensees are not able to run it.
They get their experience and practice running the vhf/uhf station much
like the novice/tech station does at 2A and above stations. We have at
least two guy's who hold no-code tech licenses who are upgrading to general
because of the experience they got and saw at our FD. Hopefully they will
be ready to "step up" to the hf "competition station" this year. However ,
if the uhf/vhf station causes us to have to change catagories and compete
in class 2A, we would likely keep the uhf/vhf station off the air so that
we can remain competitive (I know, it's not a contest but that is the part
of FD I like and our motivation to keep at it year after year). If we keep
the vhf/uhf on the air we would no longer be competitive, and thus would
lose our motivation.
These are my thoughts. I have no problem with the rules changing, but they
need to be changed equally for all the participants. Thank you, Rick and
the others who have responded, for your thoughts. CU in the next "test".
73 de KM0L Steve in KC, K0GQ class 1A MO (in FD)
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> From: Rick Bullon <kc5ajx@hotmail.com>
> To: W2CE@prodigy.net; cq-contest@contesting.com; km0l@tfs.net
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Major Changes to Field Day Rules
>
>
> we are
> >running just 1 hf station. Otherwise we will have to take the uhf/vhf
> >station off the air, and knock out all the tech's and no-code's from
> the
> >competition. I don't believe that is what ARRL has in mind.
> >73 de KM0L Steve in KC, K0GQ class 1a MO
> >
> >----------
> Steve this statment puzzles me. I'm a tech plus and I usally run 15 and
> 80 meter SSB during field day. I also give up my position to non-hams
> during fiels day so they can try out operatingand to generate interest
> in the hobby.
> I don't understand why the rule changes would knock out the tech's and
> no-codes unless you refuse to let them take your place at the HF
> station. Then it is you not the rules knocking out the lower clas ops
> 73
> Rick
> KC5AJX
>
>
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