On 06/06/2013 03:50 AM, Peter Chamalian wrote:
Back in the day when it was my privilege to serve on the CAC, we wrote the
rule to definitively kill the octopus and any sort of time sharing. In
those days, using two rigs on one band was not in the cards (heck we had
enough trouble keeping the QRM down from adjacent bands).
The Acom device would fall under this new rule (based on the intent we wrote
back in the 1980's). It's simple. One rig, one band, 10 minutes (or
whatever the current rule is for band changing). Period.
There is currently no rule for band changing.
Thanks to the internet wayback machine, here is the history:
2004 - 15 minute rule on band changes.
2005-2012 - No rule on band changes. Replaced by the statement: "Field
Day entries are classified according to the maximum number of
simultaneously transmitted signals...Switching and simulcasting devices
are prohibited."
2013 - New statement: "The use of switching systems that allow for
lockouts in order to use multiple transmitters (i.e., an "octopus") in
an attempt to enter a lower-number-of-transmitters class are prohibited
(i.e. using 2 transmitters that can transmit simultaneously, with two
operators, and a lock-out system and entering class 1A)."
73,
Steve, N2IC
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