[UK-CONTEST] Consultation - NFD

[Don Beattie]

I tend to agree with Don, XTT.

For interest, you may like to know that IARU Region 3 adopted a motion at 
its conference last week (India) to introduce two field days "similar to the 
ones held in Region 1".

73

Don, G3BJ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Field" <don.field at gmail.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Consultation - NFD


> Speaking personally (not wearing any of my Contesting or RSGB hats!), I
> would offer the following:
>
> 1. We have a wee problem in insisting on sticking to UK Field Day rules in
> that we have two sets of rules - one for CW Field Day and another,
> completely different set, for SSB Field Day. Some resolution seems to be 
> in
> order before we start banging tables!
>
> 2. I don't agree with Roger G3SXW that 50 QSOs an hour is too slow - for
> most club members that is positively warp speed. Let's remember that this
> isn't an event purely for the "big guns". But I would like to see /P
> activity from more European countries - Italy and Spain, for example. 
> Would
> add to the interest of the event. No fixed to fixed contacts, please!
>
> 3. There can be a co-ordination of dates to achieve (2) above without
> necessarily having the same set of rules for everyone. Surely no one can
> object to the encouragement of a common date for European Field Days?
>
> 4. With RADARC, I was involved in several Open Section wins but, perhaps 
> as
> a result of our own efforts, we raised the ante to the point where Open
> Section was only realistic for a few clubs (two mobile towers, several 
> 60ft
> masts, full computer-controlled switching of all antennas, and that was 
> ten
> years ago). So maybe there really is a case for taking Field Day back to
> KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) and removing the Open Sectiuon, though SSB
> Field Day may be tough with only 100 watts and a wire.
>
> 5. Cluster use is illogical. There are very few on-air clusters these 
> days -
> how many folk have broadband at their Field Day site? Surely the argument
> behind Field Day is to be able to provide comms when fixed infrastructure
> goes down?
>
> FWIW!
>
> Don G3XTT
>
> (nice to see so many contributions, all of them constructive - makes a
> change from some of the apathy and whining on here!)
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