[UK-CONTEST] NFD

[cris at gm4fam.plus.com]

Paul

Me too!

73 Cris GM4FAM


> Paul
>
> I find myself in wholehearted agreement with you.  Did someone lose the
> ball
> or is it just me having a bit of a turn?
>
> 73 Bob, 5B4AGN
>
> On 2 June 2011 10:39, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:
>
>> On 02/06/2011 10:44, Andy Cowley wrote:
>>
>> > This is _NOT_ a change in the rules. It is a clarification of the
>> existing rules.
>> > Packet radio communications are specifically allowed, so external
>> spotting aids
>> > are allowed. Self spotting is banned. So Skimmer and RBN and DX
>> cluster
>> are allowed.
>>
>> I have had the impression, however naive it may be,
>> that the main objective of NFD was to demonstrate
>> the absolute independence of amateur radio as a
>> communications medium.
>>
>>  From the 2011 RSGB Yearbook - "Field days were
>> originally intended to test the ability of amateur
>> radio groups to operate under emergency conditions,
>> using temporary stations and portable power sources,
>> as might be necessary after a natural disaster."
>>
>> Has anything changed?  If so, what are the present
>> objectives of NFD?
>>
>> If the use of power utilities is prohibited, it
>> seems incongruous, if not plain daft, that the use
>> of communications utilities is permitted.
>>
>> That covers "packet radio" and the RBN which require
>> the internet, a communications utility.  But what
>> about Skimmer?  Again, it seems incongruous to
>> permit multi-channel CW decoders, or any decoder,
>> in a supposedly CW contest.
>>
>> The fact that others are using Skimmer and the
>> internet is no excuse - lemmings and sheep come
>> to mind.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul EI5DI
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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