[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> While the Battery subclass is limited to 5W, the Alternative Power Bonus >> is not. We were running 100W on Battery for one of our stations using >> Solar Panels as the power source.
Hope you don't think that the alternative power bonus can be made with a higher power level and you can still use a 5x power multiplier. The rules are very clear: the highest power used for ANY contact is what you use to determine your power multiplier. If you do 1000 contacts at 5W and do ten alternative power contacts at 100W, your power multiplier is 2. There is no special exemption for alternative power; in fact it even qualifies as a transmitter for purposes of establishing class. Good luck proposing changes to the rules. I have not had much luck getting Dan Henderson to fix the inconsistencies in the FD rules. He has been totally unwilling to change them. I think he just took a new job though, so perhaps the new FD person will fix the morass he created. For example, I pointed out to him that everyone who operates class A and AB gets to claim the emergency power bonus, because a requirement of class A is that all contacts are made independent of commercial mains. His answer was that that's true unless you use commercial mains anyway, which puts you in class A-commercial...say what!?!. Before about 1992, the emergency power bonus was a true bonus, applied only when everything at the site (coffeepots, lights, etc.) was run off generator or batteries. They changed that rule to accommodate groups who wanted to use incidental light because of where they set up (e.g., a park with lights, or a building where they could use existing lights). I pointed out that a simple allowance for the use of incidental light in the FAQ would have fixed this. But Dan stubbornly refused to fix this - or that nonsensical "Class A Commercial" subgroup. In recent years, ARRL has tried to remove the "contest" aspect from FD. Even in my local club, some members griped that FD was meant to be "fun" and not a contest. That trivializes a serious effort to do well AND have fun. If they turn FD into a "fun event" and eliminate scoring, this FD regular in 4A will quit. 73, Brian, W0DZ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Karl Larsen Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 6:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FD Battery rules (was QRP Power Level?) I am with you Jim. Field Day rules should change to allow a CW station to operate QRP and get the added score for being QRP, with another station working SSB at 1500 watts who get the usual 1 point, per contact. Not sure who to write and ask for the change. But this last FD QRP SSB was just not practical. 73 Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 7/7/06 3:16:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > >> While the Battery subclass is limited to 5W, the Alternative Power Bonus >> is not. We were running 100W on Battery for one of our stations using >> Solar Panels as the power source. >> >> I also agree that the Battery subclass should allow more power. There >> would still be the QRP power multiplier to account for the power level. >> My club might be willing to go to all battery, but would not be willing to >> give up 13db. >> >> > > I think there are a couple different issues here. > > First off, the power levels aren't equally spaced. 5 W to 150 W is almost 15 > dB, but 150 W to 1500 W is only 10 dB. > > Second, a multitransmitter setup has to use the power of the highest-power > station in the setup. IOW, if it's not all QRP, it's not QRP at all. It didn't > used to be that way - until 1971, a multitransmitter setup could have multiple > power categories and multipliers. I think we should go back to the way it was > before 1971. > > 73 de Jim, N2EY > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
