[CQ-Contest] adding challenges to field day

[David Gilbert]

No, that is not the spirit ... or the letter ... of the thing.  The 
Field Day rule separating class D from class E doesn't refer to 
"emergency" power.  The relevant term is "commercial" power.  If you use 
commercial power, you're class D no matter whether you have a five foot 
cord or a five hundred foot cord, whether you plug it in to your shack 
or your neighbor's garage, or whether you use it directly or to recharge 
a battery during the contest.

Using commercial mains to charge a battery before the start of the 
contest is, of course, allowed for all classes.

Dave   AB7E


mike l dol dormann wrote:
>  
> just a second, we are not talking about a contest here, but an emergency
> exercise. if we do something that to us is an emergency, is that  not the
> spirit of the thing?
>
> when is the last time you ran a power cord to your rig from the car port?
>
> mike w7dra/7 will operating from the county road with a long power cord
>
>   
>> Rex Maner wrote:
>>     
>>> That 1D can be changed to   1E very easily  by getting an 
>>>       
>> extension cord and 
>>     
>>> bringing it in thru the window and plug it into the outlet in the 
>>>       
>> car port.
>>
>> Only if the outlet in your car port is not fed from commercial 
>> power!
>>
>>
>>     
>>> No need to hook the rig to ther extension cord but Emergency poure 
>>>       
>> is 
>>     
>>> avaliable.
>>>       
>> The rule about claiming the bonus if emergency power is available 
>> (and
>> tested) only applies to EOCs (class F).
>>
>>      ~Iain / N6ML
>>
>>
>>
>>     
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