[UK-CONTEST] NFD

Peter Bowyer peter at bowyer.org
Thu Mar 22 10:42:02 PDT 2012


That's what it says - the site is constrained by the limits of the
property in which the station is established.

I doubt that's what the intention was, though - it would certainly
outlaw one NFD-winning site I've operated from (although that might
have been deliberate :-))

Peter G4MJS

On 22 March 2012 16:33, Jim Fisher <gm0nai at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Would this mean that if you operate for a field (farmer) with one end of the
> antenna over the foreshore (Crown Estate) this is no longer allowed?
>
> 73
>
> Jim
> GM0NAI
>
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> On Mar 22, 2012 6:57 AM, "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nobody has commented on rule 3, site definition:
>>
>> "The Site must be contained within either a circle of 1km diameter, or
>> within the limits of the property where the station is established,
>> whichever is the smaller."
>>
>> This prohibits setting up a station in ones back garden and using the
>> field behind for antennas (fed with a long feeder whose length has no
>> limit specified).
>
> And the use of two adjacent fields which happen to be owned by different
> farmers; the use of a tree in the neighbouring field, etc. The 'property'
> restriction seems somewhat arbitrary, what does it add to the definition?
>
> Peter G4MJS
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