[UK-CONTEST] HF CW Field Day

[Dave Sergeant]

We are not entering NFD this year due to lack of operators so this is 
just a comment.

I am struggling with what this rule is trying to achieve, and what sort 
of 'minimum external circuitry' is acceptable to the adjudicators. We 
are trying to encourage new and casual participants in the event, who 
may well have an additional receiver on site just to give inexperienced 
operators a chance to tune around the bands and get a feel of what it 
is all about without contributing directly to the club's score. To make 
such a rule 'mandatory' will discourage smaller clubs.

To take it as it is written presumably disallows QSK as the main 
receiver must also be muted on transmit - or are second receivers 
allowed to be un-muted during the gaps between dits on the transmitter? 
This is clearly a rule that has been introduced without thinking about 
what it means.

Even less enthusiasm to get our members interested in this event.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 13 Apr 2012 at 9:17, John Warburton G4IRN wrote:

> I note the amendment to the NFD rules: (c)  a muting requirement applies
> to receivers used -- this brings operation close to "big knob-little
> knob" mode, and can be implemented with minimum external circuitry.
> 


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