[UK-CONTEST] HF SSB Field day rules ..

[Dave Lawley]

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>Thanks for the reply, but it needed the "Snide Remark" to get you boys to 
>answer, I was actually beginning to wonder if any of the HFCC watched the 
>group, or even answered questions, you have confirmed this but it needed 
>some provoking!

Jim

You're mistaken if you think that making snide remarks will help
to achieve your aims. That's not the sort of thing that the HFCC will
respond positively to.

>I understand what the HFCC has gone through and as you say it's difficult 
>to find a happy medium, but I still feel you could ban the use of 2nd RX's

>in the restricted section.

I really don't think we can. Ever since the introduction of the FT1000 
some groups have made use of both receivers. We can't just take 
that away, and if we did I feel there would be a drop in entry, not an 
increase. As Chris G3SJJ has pointed out, field days are multi-op 
contests and it makes sense for the rules to enable more than one 
team member at a time to take part in the process of operating.

So if we did make yet another change to the Restricted Section, the
only way I feel it could go would be back to allowing two receivers. 
That would remove one of the distinctions between an open and a 
restricted section. On the other hand the email from Mike G3VAO is 
arguing for removing the antenna restriction (in the case of the 21/28MHz
contests I think) so that open and restricted sections can both use
beams. There are always going to be conflicts of this sort when
framing any set of rules.

As I said in my previous email I would prefer to specify two receivers 
and leave it up to groups to decide whether to implement this using 
FT1000/TS950, or two separate single-RX rigs FT990/TS870/IC746 etc.
Perhaps it's best to leave it to others to explain why they think this
simple model is not such a good idea.

>What happens if I put a TX/RX and a second RX in a big metal case with a 
>little electronics so it can use one antenna and call it the M0CKE Contest

>Cheater .. is this then classed as a one box  single antenna single TX
dual RX?

If your group as a whole genuinely felt that the box you created was 
within the rules, i.e. it comprised "a transceiver" then that would be ok.

73, Dave G4BUO