Sure, Field Day is good for a lot of things, but go back to my original response. Field Day is supposed to be for practicing our Emergency Response.
Showing off ALL that we can do when this is the one time of the year that many organizations invite local, state, and national politicians and Emergency Operations personnel to visit. Sure, there is a difference between a simplex contact, repeater contact, and a repeater contact with VOIP. Just like there’s a difference between a 10M contact at 300 miles with and without favorable propagation. Or a 80m contact 100 miles away during the daytime vs the evening. Or a satellite contact with a handheld antenna vs a AZ/EL setup Or any contact at 1W vs 100 or 300 or 1kW. There are always easier and harder contacts. It doesn’t really matter what band or mode. My desire is to get Field Day back to what it is intended to be, a demonstration of our Emergency capabilities. Ed WA4YIH From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Fowler Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:01 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] New poll for dstar_digital Field day is a good day for new hams and older hams to learn about QRM, QSB, and QRN and any Q's I missed. If these hams were to be exposed to a linked world that was dependent on infrastructure for reliable communications they would have the false impression and understanding of propagation. They would also have no clue what to do when the repeater is off line and 2M simplex can't cover the Atlanta metro area.
