[CQ-Contest] Fw: FD observations and suggestion

[Rex Maner]

I did 2D with mYy  XYL  and did in fact consider  using   2E or  2D  and 
decided what differance   not gonna submit a score anyway.   Change the 
rules  I'll just change catagories to 10 E  or some such ??

Lots of rain in the East could have added to the reason for more Class D 
entries and from Az  it has always been too hot to not use Air Conditioning.

Quack  Comment    W5QQQ 2D   es  K&QQ 2nd op.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson at sbcglobal.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FD observations and suggestion


>I think you are right.  Having participated in FD in 2A for both 2005 and
> 2006, I would say (without analyzing the logs) that 1D participation was 
> up
> quite a bit this year.  Our club had less participants this year so 
> perhaps
> those that did not show up decided to stay at home and play there.
>
> OTOH, I do not think the rules should be changed to eliminate D stations
> from making a run.  It just seems not to be fair.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
> NARS/TDXS FD2006 Coordinator
> http://www.tdxs.org/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Art Boyars
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:22 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] FD observations and suggestion
>
> As I suspect is true for many of us, Field Day was my first contest --  
> three
> 75W, xtal controlled, teen-aged Novices comprising the entire 15M CW crew
> for W3RCN in 1961; 13 QSOs in 24 hours.  ("FD is not a contest," you and 
> the
> ARRL say?  So then why does the ARRL web site list the FD scores under the
> "Contests" link?)
>
> With family and work commitments, I have not operated FD in many years;
> maybe since K1JX and I won the 1B-battery class around 1979 or '80 (N4BP
> shattered our QSO total the next year).  This year I decided to get on
> spare-time from home "Class 1D" just to have some fun and to give the 
> "real"
> FD stations some contacts.  (And it was sort of a FD operation.  One of 
> the
> antenna support ropes broke while I was out of town during the week, and I
> fixed it late Friday afternoon.)
>
> Observation #1:  I was not alone.  There were many people in Class D, many
> of them calling CQ FD.  Even I called CQ for a few minutes until: a) I 
> kept
> getting answered by zero-point Class D stations; b) I decided that it was
> "against the spirit of Field Day" for Class D to call CQ.  (Note also that
> if you are S&P in Class D, you do not know the CQer is Class D until you
> work him.)
>
> Observation #2:  My signal is just as weak in FD as in SS.  (Does that 
> mean
> I fixed the antenna properly?)
>
> Observation #3.  Phone still stinks.  (That's not the word K3IU and I used
> at a PVRC meeting many years ago, but it will do for a family reflector.)
>
> Observation #4:  FD is, indeed, a great opportunity to help operators
> increase their skills.  Especially the moderately loud one I worked on
> 40SSB:
>
> "Roger and thank you and 73's ... uhhh ... QRZed Field Day from WnYZQ,
> Whiskey Number n Yellow Ziggurat Quoit... Field Day QRZed."
>
> Me (in a little pile-up): "Kaay Thrreee Killooowwattt Uuuniitted"
>
> Them: "Uhhh K 3 Kilowatt United??"
>
> Me:  "Roger! K 3 Kilowatt United!"
>
> Them:  "OK...  K 3 Kilowatt United."  [Then, ... silence.  What??  They 
> want
> me to go first?!?!  OK.]
>
> Me:  "Number Onnne Delllta in Maarryylaand"
>
> Them:  "Roger the 1 Delta in Maryland.  We're number nA in xxxx.... nA in
> xxxx.  QSL??"
>
> 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!
>
>
> And finally, my suggestion:  The Rules already say that Class D stations 
> do
> not get credit for working each other.  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 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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