After all the hoopala settles. When/where else can you play with radios, go camping, go potty in the woods, get bug bites, have a good time with friends, and figure how all this stuff works. Because, just maybe, one day you'll have to do it for real!
still scratching bites 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle ----- Original Message ----- From: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 12:09:45 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess Well, is IS a contest, no matter what the ARRL says. People see it as such. My first FD before I was a ham, looked like a contest to me and it was only later, reading all the ARRL books I could get ahold of that I realized it really wasn't one. All contests where you go outside are test runs for emergency stuff. Our club in Ann Arbor MI (Arrow Communication Association) does the summer vhf+ contests outside (6m-1296) and those have been a great way to figure out ways of doing stuff. I would argue that the ARRL needs to change the way they talk, and offer FD as both a contest and exercise in communications, and speak of the exercise opportunities at the other contests, especially those of rovers. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72 On 06/27/11 14:21, Nigel Gunn wrote: > A bigger FD problem is that FD is advertised as a chance to demonstrate > your emergency comms ability to Joe Public. > FD is NOT a contest so why are points and bonuses involved at all? > > On 27/06/11 19:13, Bill Acito W1PA wrote: >> I think we have to let go of the mantra that “any use of the bandwidth is >> good use” with respect to “encouraging more satellite activity”. Wasn’t >> that the original intent of the “100 point bonus” items? To encourage >> specific activities – traffic handling, promotion, emergency power, etc. >> > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
