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Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day Rules - From the ARRL

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day Rules - From the ARRL
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: k9yc@arrl.net
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 14:23:13 -0700
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On Thu,6/9/2016 9:49 AM, w2lc@twcny.rr.com wrote:
"Field Day rules reference the number of transmitters - not the number of transmitted 
signals at a given moment.  Your transmitter count is what it is - for say Class 2A using a 
generator and portable antennas, many Field Day operations would have a dedicated HF CW 
transmitter, and a dedicated HF Phone transmitter.  If you add an additional S & P 
transmitter, then your Class becomes 3A."

Actually, he is mistaken, that is NOT what the Rules say, and the Field Day rules do NOT prohibit SO2R. BUT -- section 2.3.1 of General Rules For All Contests Below 30 MHz includes a band-change limit of six band changes per clock hour for Multiop, Single Transmitter Class, which significantly limits what you can do with SO2R.

If you're a single op, traditional SO2R IS clearly permitted by the FD Rules. The prohibition in paragraph 4 of the FD Rules specifically addresses two operators with an "octopus."

73, Jim K9YC

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