Read the AMSAT rules. The title of the AMSAT rules IS clear when you read the title as "2011 AMSAT Field Day Competition ".
Tim - N8DEU ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Geiger" <[email protected]> To: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 2:11 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess Of course it isn't a contest. The best evidence is that they print the scores in QST! 73s John AA5JG On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
