I was once a member of the Podunk Hollow radio club. http://www.w9aiu.org/index.php/homepage/our-history
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 8:35 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > From John Stratton -- West Gulf Director ARRL > > Whether one views "May You Live In Interesting Times" as a curse or as a > declaration of opportunity, there can be no disagreement that the phrase > is an apt description of the circumstances impacting the 87th running of > ARRL's oldest operating event, Field Day. > > Limitations on the size of gatherings, social distancing rules and > masking orders vary from one end of America to the other. Regardless of > the variations, they all threaten to curtail widespread participation in > an event for which individuals and clubs plan for a year. > > As a result, I, and others, have worked to obtain a modification > of the FD rules for this year. Those efforts proved successful as the > PSC (Program & Services Committee) voted in a special called meeting on > Wednesday night to implement two of the most requested rules > modifications. The ARRL official announcement appears below. > > Enjoy Field Day and be safe. > > With one month to go before 2020 ARRL Field Day, June 27 – 28, > the ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary > rule waivers for the event: > > 1) For Field Day 2020 only, Class D stations may work all other > Field Day stations, including other Class D stations, for points. > > Field Day rule 4.6 defines Class D stations as “Home stations,” > including stations operating from permanent or licensed station > locations using commercial power. Class D stations ordinarily may only > count contacts made with Class A, B, C, E, and F Field Day stations, but > the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows Class D stations to count > contacts with other Class D stations for QSO credit. > > 2) In addition, for 2020 only, an aggregate club score will be > published, which will be the sum of all individual entries indicating a > specific club (similar to the aggregate score totals used in ARRL > affiliated club competitions). > > Ordinarily, club names are only published in the results for Class A and > Class F entries, but the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows > participants from any Class to optionally include a single club name > with their submitted results following Field Day. > > For example, if Podunk Hollow Radio Club members Becky, W1BXY, and > Hiram, W1AW, both participate in 2020 Field Day — Hiram from his Class > D home station, and Becky from her Class C mobile station — both can > include the radio club’s name when reporting their individual results. > The published results listing will include individual scores for Hiram > and Becky, plus a combined score for all entries identified as Podunk > Hollow Radio Club. > > The temporary rule waivers were adopted by the PSC on May 27, 2020. > > ARRL Field Day is one of the biggest events on the amateur radio > calendar, with over 36,000 participants in 2019, including entries from > 3,113 radio clubs and emergency operations centers. In most years, Field > Day is also the largest annual demonstration of ham radio, because many > radio clubs organize their participation in public places such as parks > and schools. > > Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many radio clubs have made decisions to > cancel their group participation in ARRL Field Day this year due to > public health recommendations and/or requirements, or to significantly > modify their participation for safe social distancing practices. The > temporary rule waivers allow greater flexibility in recognizing the > value of individual and club participation regardless of entry class. > > ARRL is contacting logging program developers about the temporary rule > waivers so developers can release updated versions of their software > prior to Field Day weekend. Participants are reminded that the preferred > method of submitting entries after Field Day is via the web applet. The > ARRL Field Day rules include instructions for submitting entries after > the event. Entries must be submitted or postmarked by Tuesday, July 28, > 2020. > > > John Robert Stratton > N5AUS > ARRL West Gulf Division > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ARRL West Gulf Division > Director: John Robert Stratton, N5AUS > n5...@arrl.org > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_5173779373781324569_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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