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Re: [CQ-Contest] FT8 not allowed in Winter Field Day?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FT8 not allowed in Winter Field Day?
From: Bob Burns W9BU <w9bu_lists@rlburns.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:57:19 -0500
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On 1/17/2019 1:52 PM, John Geiger wrote:
In the NAQP this week CW and all digital modes are banned.

I think this is a poor example.

The NAQP SSB contest is advertised as an SSB contest. The organizers also sponsor an NAQP CW contest and an NAQP RTTY contest which are also specific to those modes. But, again, those contests are advertised as being mode specific, so it seems logical that they restrict the modes.

The first paragraph on the Winter Field Day home page reads: "Winter Field Day Association (WFDA) is a dedicated group of Amateur Radio Operators who believe that emergency communications in a winter environment is just as important as the preparations and practice that is done each summer but with some additional unique operational concerns."

If their focus is "emergency communications", then I can see their logic for excluding modes that are not adaptable or commonly used for amateur radio "emergency communications".

It's their event, so it's their rules. And, it's up to them to deal with the consequences of their decisions.

Bob...
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