[CQ-Contest] ISS Field Day

[Gerry Treas, K8GT]

Mal,

What crawled up your butt? What's with the ARRL bashing?  Perhaps some 
of us would like to work the ISS, especially for our 'Newbies', and are 
glad for the news.

It counts as QSO credit, same as any other FD QSO.

At what point with you does common sense apply.?.?.?


73, Gerry  K8GT







N7MAL wrote:

>Well then what does it count for DX.?.?.? If you're not going to give it credit why publish a special bulletin.?.?.?
>
>""ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, notes that ISS
>voice or direct packet contacts with the ISS do not count for bonus
>satellite contact points because the ISS is not an ''Amateur Radio
>satellite'' as event rules specify. Packet contacts relayed via the
>ISS are valid.
>
>''The ISS contacts do not count for satellite credit, since they are
>point-to-point, whereas the traditional satellite QSO is a relayed
>Earth-satellite-Earth two-way contact,'' he explained. Field Day has
>no specific rules relating to ARISS operation because there's no
>guarantee that the crew will be able to get on the air for the
>annual exercise.""
>
>At what point with the ARRL does common sense apply.?.?.?
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>MAL              N7MAL
>BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
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