In a message dated 7/9/06 10:00:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Given that one purpose of FD is to promote rapid response to > need for emergency comms, let the QRP-battery position(s) operate the full > contest period, starting setup with East Coast and finishing with West > Coast. What do you mean by "the full contest period"? FD starts at 2 PM EDST Saturday here on the East Coast. If you don't start setup until then, you can operate until 5 PM EDST Sunday - 27 consecuttive hours maximum. If you setup ahead of 2 PM EDST Saturday, you can only operate 24 consecutive hours maximum. No setup activities can occur before 2 PM EDST Friday. (In the old days, there were some groups who would set up days and even weeks before FD. In some cases there were semi-permanent FD facilities that were left up year 'round.) At least in the areas I've done FD (EPA, MDC, WNY, NNJ) , the extra 3 hours at the end of FD have been deemed not worth starting setup at 2 PM Saturday and losing the first hours of FD). 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
