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

[Lee Buller]

You bring up a pretty good point here.  Maybe, the record should be with an 
asterisk and a note explaining the rule change.  Like what they do in Major 
League Baseball....*=Steroids

Lee :>
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From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
To: CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, May 17, 2013 9:01:15 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Field Day Rules Change(s)

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
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