[CQ-Contest] Field Day Rules

[Chris Plumblee]

My interpretation (worth what you paid for it):

SO2R should enter as two transmitters. The parenthetical "(i.e. using 2
transmitters that can transmit
simultaneously, with two operators, and a lock-out system and entering
class 1A)" is offering one situation where an octopus or lockout would be
used. It's not intended to be an exhaustive list of all implementations of
a lockout that would be subject to the ban.

A multi-single with a pair of interlocked radios would be legal, provided
the entry class contemplated at least two transmitters. Nothing prohibits
interlocked radios, the rule is just designed to prohibit using multiple
interlocked radios to enter a lower class.

You might argue that a traditional SO2R station, which uses mic and key
line switching, does not employ an "octopus" and therefore would be legal
to use in a one transmitter class. Finer legal minds than mine would have
to parse that difference, or someone at HQ would have to weigh in with the
official interpretation.

Chris WF3C


On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From the Field Day Rules:
>
>
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> "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."
>
>
>
> "The use of more than one transmitter at the same time on a single
> band-mode
> is prohibited."
>
>
>
> It is hard to understand what the intent of these rules are.  Is
> traditional
> SO2R operation allowed?  It kind of seems so but is hard to be sure.
>
>
>
> Can a "Multi-Single" style system be used which would have a run and second
> radio interlocked be used?  It would seem not.  But only because there is
> more than one operator?
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>
>
> Anyone with an idea or knowledge?
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>
>
> 73
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>
>
> Ed  N1UR
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