[CQ-Contest] FD observations and suggestion

[Lee Hiers]

On 6/28/06, Art Boyars <art.boyars at verizon.net> wrote:

> Me:  "QSL, thank you!"
>
> Them:  "Roger and thank you and 73's ... uhhh ... QRZed Field Day ...."
>
> And on and on.  They were running people, but for every QSO they had the answering station go first.  What a teaching opportunity!

Yes....I'll often take that opportunity to take the frequency...for
teaching purposes, mind you!

Me:  "QSL QRZ AA4GA"

> I think the intent is to maintain the "emergency exercise" spirit of FD, and I agree.  From my Observation #1, I suggest that Class D stations should also not be allowed to solicit contacts ("call CQ", in the vernacular).  Even beyond maintaining the spirit of FD,

I disagree that calling CQ by a class D station is against the
"spirit" of the event.  Even during emergency operations, there are
usually fixed stations operating as net controls, etc.  Also, there
are *many* portable club operations put on by people who are not
contesters, and don't understand, or are fearful of, CQing, and only
S&P


I think that without this rule change, a few dozen big Class D
operations could turn FD into their own NAQP, just without the
multipliers.
>
> What do you think?
>
> 73, Art K3KU
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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
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