[CQ-Contest] FT8 not allowed in Winter Field Day?

[Bob Burns W9BU]

On 1/17/2019 1:52 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> In the NAQP this week CW and all digital modes are banned.

I think this is a poor example.

The NAQP SSB contest is advertised as an SSB contest. The organizers 
also sponsor an NAQP CW contest and an NAQP RTTY contest which are also 
specific to those modes. But, again, those contests are advertised as 
being mode specific, so it seems logical that they restrict the modes.

The first paragraph on the Winter Field Day home page reads: "Winter 
Field Day Association (WFDA) is a dedicated group of Amateur Radio 
Operators who believe that emergency communications in a winter 
environment is just as important as the preparations and practice that 
is done each summer but with some additional unique operational concerns."

If their focus is "emergency communications", then I can see their logic 
for excluding modes that are not adaptable or commonly used for amateur 
radio "emergency communications".

It's their event, so it's their rules. And, it's up to them to deal with 
the consequences of their decisions.

Bob...