[CQ-Contest] Field Day SO2R

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Bah HumBug!!


On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:33:38 -0400 Gerry Hull <gerry at yccc.org> writes:
> Well, I won't be doing SO2R, but I am doing something "on the edge".  
> FD is
> a great time to show people new things.
> 
> At our field day, K1BKE (K1B this year), we will be running 4A in 
> NH.  I'll
> be doing 40 CW.
> 
> However, I'll additionally be running 1A as VY1AAA -- via remote..  
> J has a
> 6KW generator, and we will have temp antennas in Whitehorse, NT... 
> but I'll
> be controlling all that from the FD site in NH, via 4G LTE.
> 
> Is this ham radio?  Absolutely.   Does it have a practical 
> application?
> Absolutely.  Imagine a situation where there is a natural disaster.
> Somewhere close to the scene, there is some method of internet 
> access.  An
> EMCOM op could remote into a large station anywhere and provide 
> WorldWide
> communications for the effort.  Over a very small internet link 
> (which
> could be an HSMM mesh network for part of the run).
> 
> Besides the practical application, it will give other ops the 
> opportunity
> to experience operating from the far north.
> 
> See ya in  FD!
> 
> 73, Gerry W1VE
> 
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > How about, in 
> this-contest-which-looks-like-a-contest-but-isn't-a-contest,
> > we set up a new space called "Rogues Corner" where Amateur Radio 
> guys
> > (remember them) could try wild and crazy crap that would get them 
> a
> > lifetime DQ in the Professional Contesting Circuit?
> >
> >
> > "Everything not specifically prohibited is mandatory", or 
> "Advancing the
> > state of the radio art".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "We put the AMATEUR back in Amateur Radio"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> >
> > "Grand Exalted Liberator of the Fumes of Solder"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > —
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015 at 14:52, ve4xt at mymts.net 
> <ve4xt at mymts.net>,
> > wrote:
> > The rule as quoted does specifically refer to two operators using 
> two
> > transmitters, so it does not rule out SO2R.
> >
> >
> > Besides, if all someone is interested in is getting on and 
> operating, the
> > only rules that matter are the laws of that person's country. The 
> presence
> > of any operating event, be it Field Day or WW, only imposes rules 
> upon
> > those who enter by submitting logs.
> >
> >
> > And since the results of Field Day depend on more than maximizing 
> QSOs
> > (you get points for publicity, for satellite contacts, for 
> operating a GOTA
> > station, for copying the special FD bulletin, etc.), it really is 
> just
> > about operating, promoting ham radio and fostering goodwill.
> >
> >
> > Perhaps we could get back to the "goodwill" part?
> >
> >
> > 73, Kelly
> >
> > ve4xt
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