Field day can be both an operating event and a contest. This is not an either/or situation. The stated purpose is what ARRL says it is. The incentive to participate, the icing on the cake, is a contest that is part of the event.
You can get 950 points with zero QSOs. I’m assuming that the emergency power bonus does not apply if you don’t make any contacts. If it does, then you can score 1050. The rest of the score comes from contest-style contacts plus GOTA and youth contacts. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On May 14, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: > > From ARRL - At its core, Field Day is a local event and an opportunity for > local amateur radio clubs to showcase the skills, science and technologies > that make radio communication such a wonderful hobby and a valuable public > service. > > I see nothing about this being a contest. > > Bob, K4TAX > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 14, 2020, at 1:12 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 5/14/2020 7:56 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: >>> However it has become a "contest" to see who and what organization can >>> accumulate the most points. A contact is a contact, a multiplier is a >>> mathematical term. It has no place in Field Day operation. >> >> My first FD was 1956. It has ALWAYS been a contest. It was my first, and it >> made me a contester! >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> Then W8FNI >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
