[CQ-Contest] Field Day Rules Change(s)

[Steve London]

This one raised my eyebrow in the 2013 Field Day rules:

"The use of switching systems that allow for lockout in order to use 
multiple transmitters (i.e., an ?octopus?) in an attempt to enter a 
lower-number-of-transmitters class are prohibited (i.e. using 2 
transmitters that can transmit simultaneously, with two operators, and a 
lock-out system and entering class 1A)."

This is exactly how the K6AM team set the current 1A record in 2011. 
Maybe a participant in the W1NVT 2011 2A record can let us know if they 
used this technique in 2011.

FYI, here's what the previous year's rules said about this:

2011 said nothing.
2012 said "Switching and simulcasting devices are prohibited."

Personally, I don't like rules changes that lock in records in 
perpetuity. With this change, I conjecture that the current 1A and 2A 
records are unbreakable.

1A K6AM 2011 SPAWAR Team 3610 QSO's 11134 points
2A W1NVT 2011 Radio Assn of Northern VT 5467 QSO's 16320 points

73,
Steve, N2IC