[CQ-Contest] Field Day and contesting...

[Rex Maner]

If   I remember correctly  Once Upon a Time

Class D stations were not supposed to call CQ ??

Maybe I'm just getting Old

Q


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day and contesting...


> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:06 AM, <jpescatore at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> A couple of points, some already pointed out:
>>
>>
>> 1. When you call CQ, other Class D stations don't know you are class D
>> until after they call you.
>> 2. A lot of folks sending class D just heard the activity and start
>> answering CQs - they never read the rules, never will.
>>
>
> I often wondered if class D stations shouldn't call CQ. It seems
> counter-productive if you get a lot of class D stations calling. If you 
> just
> want to run stations, whether they count for the activity or not, then I
> guess you just have fun with it.
>
>
>> 4. Points? Points? This is FD - we don't need no steenkin' points!
>>
>>
>> FD is a unique contest in that you get a lot of extra points for other
> activities. I always copy the ARRL CW Field Day bulletin, which nets us an
> extra 100 points. Having a county or state official visit your site gets 
> you
> extra points too, as does writing out a little message in NTS
> radiogram format and sending it to your section manager via the NTS.
>
>
>> I think a new FD rule is needed: no station in VA should be allowed to
>> enter class 4A, as many casual CW ops seemed
>>
> I worked a lot of them, too! Pretty funny!
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
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