[CQ-Contest] adding challenges to field day

[Felipe J Hernandez]

There are not many if you run 1d,  now trying to operate while handling generators.
logging networks, turning antennas manually, the heat creating all kinds of disconforts 
you know where, the bugs bitting, people asking what are you doing?, people asking to give them a chance to operate, people stuffing you with more hotdogs your body can handle.

working guys calling you at 3 wpm and all those vhfers that only use the low bands on FD.
dealing with the letrines, copying the dreaded arrl bulletin, working some vhf/uhf/microwave.. OMG the list will never end..

After all that if you can run the very high rates of qsos of FD and not feel challenged 
then my friend you are superman!

on a serious note, FD is the only activity that will prepare you to OPERATE under challenging conditions like a real disaster or a DXpedition, if you ask me, "contest like" 1D's ruin the fun.


Felipe


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: N7DF 
  To: cq-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:13 AM
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] adding challenges to field day


  Field Day is fun but there are not really a lot of operating challenges to it.
  One way to liven things up would be to set some operating goals other than just making the most contacts possible. 
  By giving point bonuses to various operating achievements things could be made a lot more interesting.
  Here are some ideas;
  1 point for each ARRL Section and DX country worked per mode on each band.
  100 bonus points would be awarded for a clean sweep 
  100 bonus points would be awarded for working 100 DX countries

  73
  Larry
  N7DF 


        
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