[UK-CONTEST] SSB Field Day '05

[Jim Balls]

Elevated means any vertical support (support as in "Hold Up"), even if 
it's only 18" tall.

So you are only allowed 2 supports, so there is no reason why you 
couldn't put up a delta loop each end of the flat top supported by 15m 
masts and the bottom pulled taught by a guy rope as this is not a 
support, ie rope will not stand up on it's own.

Jim

Callum wrote:

>I've often wondered if a delta-loop with the flat side "in the air" on the
>"two elevated supports" and the bottom of the triangle hanging down would
>qualify?
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>>>Now what bit of that sentence dont we understand?
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>I'm confused about the "third support"; assuming it's not elevated, one
>could have an antenna basically supported in three places.
>
>I haven't seen that debate here :)
>
>Callum.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Wylie [mailto:tom at gm4fdm.com] 
>Sent: 15 September 2005 18:22
>To: uk-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] SSB Field Day '05
>
>Maybe I'm not reading this right:
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>The rules state:
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>One antenna only which must be a single element having not more than two 
>elevated supports and not exceeding 15m above ground at its highest point.
>
>Now what bit of that sentence dont we understand?
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>Is it the ONE ANTENNA BIT?    Stations with MORE THAN ONE ANTENNA are 
>clearly breaking he rules.
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>It doesn't say that ONE ANTENNA may be used for transmitting - and you can 
>have as many other antennas as you like for RECIEVING.
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>It simply says YOU CAN HAVE ONE ANTENNA.
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>Therefore if you are running a spotting station with ANOTHER OR SECOND 
>ANTENNA then you are outwith the rules.   It doesn;t matter if you are in 
>the same field, or the next field or in the next town.   If you are part of 
>the Contest station entry - you may NOT have another antenna!
>
>IMHO  the second receiver bit does not cover "spotting" stations per se, but
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>is simply for the operators to check propagation on another band to see if 
>it is worthwhile going QSY.   Spotting is clearly intended to be done via an
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>RF network to a public cluster.
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>All this hoo hah about pushing the envelope.   The rules is the rules - they
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>are produced year by year and are as clear as we can make them.   If you 
>choose to "push the envelope" dont be surprised, if at some point the HFCC 
>says "enough is enough" and somebody gets disqualified.   If that happens 
>dont get on your high horse and start to moan and complain.
>
>Tom
>GM4FDM 
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