I think Ken has an interesting idea in the grant. I too would be willing to
contribute to such a fund, assuming it were well thought out and manageable.
It could make a big difference to someone just getting started.
However, it does raise some potential legal/ethical questions and could be
prone to abuse or the appearance of abuse. It could be that the appearance
issue may be the biggest! How would it look to other sectors of our hobby?
Can we communicate the specifics effectively so as to make it clear that it
is NOT a form of compensation? How do we assure the eligibility of potential
grantees? Going back through a list of submitted contest logs is sure to be
difficult and prone to inaccuracy. What about newcomers with plenty of
resources - are they eligible too? How could their level of resources be
determined fairly and without turning the process into a financial audit?
Just a few ideas. Let's hear more.
73, Mike AA7NX@AOL.COM
>From Field, Don" <field@btq2ec.igw.bt.co.uk Thu Jun 2 17:02:00 1994
From: Field, Don" <field@btq2ec.igw.bt.co.uk (Field, Don)
Subject: IARU R1 Field Day
Message-ID: <2DEE1439@smtpgate.agw.bt.co.uk>
Whatever the outcome of the discussion on here, you might in any case want to
give out some points in the IARU Region 1 Field Day (yes, we harmonised the
date and time across Region 1 some years back) which runs from 1500 this
Saturday (4th June) for 24 hours. The exchange is RST + Serial no.
European Field Day stations gain points from all QSOs as follows:
European fixed stations 1pt
European portables 3pts
None-European fixed stns 2pts
None-European portables 6pts
(I think I have that right. I'm working from memory as I don't have the
rules in front of me right now - in other words, we can work any of you
stateside guys for points, but there is a premium on working other Region 1
Field Day stations. Makes designing the antenna farm interesting, as most of
these high scoring ones are high angle, so high antennas can be a severe
disadvantage. Always lots of /P activity from G ON DL HB9 especially).
Oh yes, 160 and 10 metre QSOs score double points, so there is a big
incentive to catch any Sporadic E openings on 10, and to hit 160 hard during
the limited darkness hours.
Hope some of you will come on and give out some FD QSOs.
73 Don G3XTT (operator at G3ULT/P)
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