Hi, There are 8 characters available for the Field Day contest overlay to designate class of operation. Currently A-F are used, and if G and H are activated it will allow for 256 combinations of the transmitter number (1-32) and the letters. Right now only 192 combinations are available. Why this matters is that this overlay can be used for state QSO parties to add county and county line designations for the FT8/FT4 contacts. Here in Nevada we have 17 counties and 54 county line locations, and the system works fine for us. Maryland is using 25 counties this year. Texas has 254 counties, so while county line operations would require a couple of thousand designations, they would just have to settle with the single counties only. It would also allow the ARRL to add two new classes to Field Day to handle VPN linked locations in the new normal of social distancing in the future.
Thanks for considering this. 73 Jim Shepherd W6US NVQSO Party Chairman
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