[NA-User] Using NA for IARU M/S this weekend

[David A. Pruett]

At 03:03 PM 7/5/04 -0500, Bob Pack, NX5M wrote:
>On radio 2 I think all you can do now is SEARCH but not pounce if I read
>the rules correctly.  It has been a few years since I did a multi in IARU
>and it seems the rules have changed a bit.  To me, the best you can do with
>a 2nd radio is map a band and be ready to take over when the radio 1 op
>gives it to you.  IF I am incorrect on this let me know.
>And yes, intrastation band mapping is something that I brought up about a
>year ago........that would be good.
>See you all this weekend.

Bob is correct - you can't P, you can only S.  But this does not change the 
information offered.

The only change in recent years to the IARU multi-op rules ("regular" 
entries, not including HQ club stations, for you nit pickers) has been to 
change from a "ten-minute rule" to "bandchanges per hour", and I believe 
that a mode change is now treated the same as a band change.  The essence 
of the rules have not changed - it's a true multi-single, with only one 
transmitted signal allowed and restrictions on bandchanging.

Dave/K8CC