[CQ-Contest] Field Day SO2R

[Dave Hachadorian]

I don't read the octopus rule as prohibiting SO2R.  Note that the 
rule includes the words, "with two operators."

Now there USED to be a rule that hindered SO2R, something like, 
"Once a transmitter transmits on a given band, it is considered 
to be transmitting on that band for 10 minutes."  That rule was 
dropped a few years ago, so the way I read it, SO2R is good to 
go.  Maybe an ARRL person can chime in and make it official.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ


-----Original Message----- 
From: K5WA
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:21 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day SO2R

Jim,

A couple of years ago, someone put an idiotic rule into FD which 
says no
"octopus" can be used at FD.  This had to be a politically 
motivated rule
which kills some aspects of innovation at FD (which is an event 
FOR
innovation at multiple levels) and was probably targeted at one 
cross-town
rival of the rule writer.  So, if you follow that vaguely 
written, poorly
worded "rule" for this non-contest, you would have to go 2A to 
comply.  Now,
if you just happen to have a fast antenna switch that doesn't say 
"Octopus"
or "Simulcaster" on the side of it, then SO2R your little self 
away.  ;-)

Line 4 in the ARRL FD rules.

The use of switching systems that allow for lockouts 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). The use of simulcasting devices which 
allow a single
operator to key and transmit on more than one transmitter at a 
time, is
prohibited.

Have fun at FD.  We'll see you as K5TU this year if the Texas 
floods and 105
degree heat doesn't get us.

Bob K5WA


Message: 10
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:06:36 -0700
From: Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Field Day SO2R
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A small group of us have been doing FD QRP 1A Battery for several 
years, and
I've recently considered doing it SO2R. The question is, does 
SO2R put me in
1A or 2A if there's only a single operator and software insures 
that one one
radio can transmit at the same time?

73, Jim K9YC


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