In a message dated 6/30/04 7:52:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, k8cc@comcast.net
writes:
>>The reason this rule was implemented was to outlaw the use of an "octopus"
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 interlocked in such a way as
only one transmitter at a time could actually transmit, thus allowing the
entry to be in a "one transmitter" category. (The analogy is one
transmitter per tentacle.) So yeah, you could make QSOs on 160, 15, 10,
and many other bands one at a time but still be "1A".
Don't be skeptical - this was actually done on at least one occasion and
the ARRL decided (correctly, IMHO) that such a setup was counter-productive
to the spirit of FD and created the dreaded "fifteen minute rule" to
preclude it's use.<<
So, let me get this straight, because of "at least one occasion" the rules
were damaged by silly 15 min rule for everybody, instead of specifying that you
can use only one physical transmitter?
IMHO very counterproductive in days of fast switching setups and it is not
promoting activity. We are seeing results with reported down activity.
Another nail in the contesting coffin in addition to reduced reporting in
QST. (Yea, lesser percentage of contesters - less need for contest stuff in
QST).
Hurray for Joe VeeHFer and two pages of his pictures in QST!
Yuri, K3BU.us
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