In a message dated 6/24/2004 3:03:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm closing on my first house today. YAAAY! Congrats!!! > None of these antennas exist at the house. There's *nothing* ham-radio-related set up at the house, right? > If I set them all up in a temporary sort of way in > the backyard and take > them > down after Field Day is done, can I still be > considered 1B (especially if I > decide to log with a laptop plugged into > commercial mains, and maybe drag the > K2 inside when it gets too hot outside)? Yes, with one big "if". Here's why: First off, your license probably still shows your old address. Therefore, the new house isn't your permanent station location - yet. Second, there are no ham radio facilities at the new house, so there's no use of existing stuff like an antenna put up a year ago. Third, to qualify for "independence of mains", only the actual radio needs to be on battery/solar/generator power. The computer, lights, cooking facilities, etc., can be anything, as long as the *radio* is not powered by the mains. And you don't have to take the stuff down after FD. There's one small *if*. The rules technically require that you not set anything up for FD more than 24 hours before FD starts. In the eastern time zone where I am, that works out to 2 PM Friday. You probably won't be done closing by then so it's a moot point. If you run less than 5 W output, *and* don't use fossil-fuel-powered generators to power the radio, you qualify for the QRP/battery multiplier - x5. A battery that was charged off the mains is OK to use, but you can't have the mains-powered charger hooked up to it while you're operating. Good luck! 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
