[SCCC] K0XP 2019 ARRL FD

[Steve]

At 08:44 AM 6/27/2019, Bruce Horn wrote:
>Well, I'm going to correct myself. The rules state:
>
>Class D stations may only count contacts made with Class A, B, C, E 
>and F Field Day stations.

Yes, that is exacttly to what I was referring, and I bet just about 
all those who claimed to be running emergency power from home also 
knew of this, too. OTOH, I bet maybe only around half of those 
knowing the rule did know a QSO with another class D  station was valueless.

73, SteveH


>73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bruce Horn" <bhorn at hornucopia.com>
>To: "k0xp" <k0xp at k0xp.com>
>Cc: "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:36:21 AM
>Subject: Re: [SCCC] K0XP 2019 ARRL FD
>
>Hi Steve,
>
>I don't see where in the FD rules that it specifies that QSOs with 
>D-class stations don't count for QSO points. QSO scoring is based 
>solely on mode.
>
>73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "k0xp" <k0xp at k0xp.com>
>To: "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:22:48 AM
>Subject: [SCCC] K0XP 2019 ARRL FD
>
>Operated from home and commercial power this time. It was interesting
>to note how many home stations claimed to be operating on emergency
>power and thus class E. I never heard Nebraska or Alaska, and also
>missed Puerto Rico plus 4 or 5 Canadian sections. I wonder just how
>many stations there really were in GTA?? With my 49' sloping wire
>hanging from a pine tree, 20 proved to be very spotty and erratic Sat
>afternoon, like 10 used to be while using a yagi on that band on the
>east coast. 40 worked very nicely, especially after the t-storm
>crashes died out early Sunday morn. 80 was so-so but it was fairly
>easy to work the east coast, which was a real surprise using this
>wire. The last time I was on 80 using this antler was the ARRL DX CW
>test and it was very tough going even into the Caribbean and South
>America, so much so that I gave up 80 and concentrated on just 40
>again. It wasn't until late Saturday night that I realized I could
>easily hold run frequencies on either 40 or 80, and started running
>in earnest. Then Sunday morning, I found I could do the same on the
>higher bands, too. I had no idea this wire would work so well on
>domestic contacts with just 100 watts.
>
>   Band     QSOs     Pts  Pt/Q
>     3.5      84     154   1.8
>       7     302     526   1.7
>      14     144     248   1.7
>      21      27      48   1.8
>      28       6      10   1.7
>   Total     563     986   1.8
>Score: 1,972
>1 Mult = 1.0 Q's
>
>This score (CW only, BTW, thus the total multiplier of 4) is as N1MM
>counted it, which I think accounted for the numerous zero-point class
>D stations (possibly as many as 50) and the several dupes. The ARRL's
>FD web site, OTOH, doesn't look at the submitted Cabrillo log in any
>detail and thus counts the zero-pointers and dupes as valid QSOs.
>Thus, it automagically claims a higher score than N1MM does. Although
>this was a partial-effort, my main intention here was to see whether
>I could outscore my local club using just CW. I'm pretty sure I
>didn't, but came close (it probably depends upon just how good their
>FT8 operator was, and how long they allowed their CW operator to
>operate, which I don't think was as long as last year).
>
>SteveH, K0XP
>
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