[TowerTalk] Wire Antennas Only For Field Day

[Kelly Taylor]

I suspect the interest in not sanctioning it as a contest is to preserve its role as an introduction to ham radio.

If it was a real contest, how many stations would let someone whose first response to tuning an HF rig is “why doesn’t the knob click?” sit down and operate? (Don’t laugh. I’ve seen it happen. OK, laugh, it is pretty funny.)

It’s probably why many of the ‘points’ you can earn have little to do with ‘contest' scores, such as points for media coverage, for establishing a GOTA station, for locating in a public area, for staffing a public information table, for originating a message to the SM, for message handling, satellite QSOs, alternative power, educational-activity bonus, site visit by elected official, site visit by agency representative (Red Cross, etc.), for getting minors on the air or for the active participation of a safety officer.

When you see the world through a contesters’ eyes, you see everything as a potential contest. Which is fine, it’s probably that kind of internal wiring that made you want to be a contester.

Field Day is unique in that success isn’t measured by maximum points.

As well, if you made FD a contest, you’d likely subject it to all the same inane, and often nasty, arguments about rules that make many contesters wear out the delete keys on their computers! That alone might be enough to kill Field Day.

73, kelly, ve4xt 

> On Jul 7, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> The irony is that in Field Day, like in NAQP and ARRL SS, the rest of the
> country that considers itself handicapped in DX contests, has a chance to
> take the lead.  You would think that there would be an effort to make it a
> fully sanctioned contest.  I would personally be in favor.
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> Its actually a lot of fun - with amazing rates - even from the East Coast -
> for about 18 - 20 of the 24 hours.
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> Ed  N1UR
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> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 10:07:47 -0400
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> From: "Mike Ryan" <mryan001 at tampabay.rr.com>
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Antennas Only For Field Day
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> Regulating field day antennas?  ...more like a microcosm of the "dumbing
> down" of society. Where is the challenge? How and/or what do ops learn by
> such a move? Soon MFJ would market an officially sanctioned Field Day
> dipole, etc. Why not just pre-judge the logs and contacts DETERMINED by how
> high the sanctioned dipole was strung, how many ops were reported to have
> been using it, the bands they were reported to have been on, and the power
> they were reported to have used?  Field Day in a can. Just add boredom and
> stir.  I'll pass...  -Mike
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