This would seem to be "from the horse's mouth" Sorry about the formatting as copied from the PDF file - George, W3HBM
From: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2019/2019-FD-FAQ-RevA.pdf Q. We don’t have an area club, but we do have a small group of area hams (generally two or three of us get together for operating events). I have a l arge -deep property, and w e will be setting up in my back yard. What Class would we be ? Class A, Class B or ? A. Convenient access across one’s backyard to their home station facilities is not in keeping with the spirit of Class A or C lass B portable operations. Such convenient backyard operations on property of home stations remain either Class D (commercial power) or Class E (emergency power), even if home antenna structures are not used. If the station will be a ‘good hike’ away from a hom e station ( eg, at the rear of a several acre lot, or perhaps operating from a farmers field down the road) - clearly away from home conveniences (away from home utilities, or home restrooms/bedrooms, or even eating facilities/refrigerator/kitchen) - then Class A (3 or more pers ons portable) or Class B (1 or 2 person portable) is appropriate. On 6/25/2019 2:52 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > [This message came from an external source. If suspicious, report to > ab...@ilstu.edu<mailto:ab...@ilstu.edu>] > > Interesting question. He reports: > >> When our club’s plans for FD fell through at the last minute I set up >> 1B with my trusty KX-2 with a Bioenno battery and two internal KX2 >> battery pacs on my back porch. Got a Par 40-20-10 end-fed up about 40’ >> in a north-south orientation only to find band conditions here were >> pretty bad here in the north with QRN, QSB and faint signals at best. > > It sounds like he was not depending on any of the home station > infrastructure e.g. antennas, so I think that he was in class > 1B, one or two person portable or even perhaps 1Bb if he was > battery QRP. YMMV. > > But see also: 6.9. Batteries may be charged while in use. Except > for Class D stations, the batteries must be charged from a power > source other than commercial power mains. To claim the power > multiplier of five, the batteries must be charged from something > other than a motor driven generator or commercial mains. > > 73 Bill AE6JV > > On 6/25/19 at 11:20 AM, j...@audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote: > >> On 6/25/2019 6:37 AM, Peter West wrote: >>> When our club’s plans for FD fell through at the last minute I set up >>> 1B with my trusty >> KX-2 with a Bioenno battery and two internal KX2 battery pacs on my >> back porch. >> >> FWIW, that puts you in 1E, not 1B. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Bill Frantz | Government is not reason, it is not > eloquence, it is force; like > 408-356-8506 | a fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful > master. Never for a > www.pwpconsult.com | moment should it be left to irresponsible > action. Geo Washington > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to gkid...@ilstu.edu ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
