Howdy again!
This is a bit long, but worth it. Please bear with me.
Chris (N3XRV) (or it Christopher? I keep waffling....) brought
up some more good FYBO questions. So here you go - I ran it
through my lawyers and a few wild dingos, here are the answers:
> 1. I assume that the S/P/C, field, alternative power and lowest temp
> mults apply to all QSO points.
Yes, but note that SPCs can only be counted once each.
Working CA on different bands still counts as a single
SPC (State/Province/Country) multi.
> 1a. Does the backyard count as a field location?
Errrr... Conscience be your guide. :-) Try to adhere to
ARRL Field Day rules on this. Ideally a field location
means it's a pain in the B____ to get back to your QTH if
you forgot your keyer. :-) OTOH if your "backyard" is
800 acres of snowy woods...
> 1b. If I work outside for 1 hour (at say 34F) and 11 hours inside
> do I use the x4 mult for all QSO points or just those while
> I was out in the cold?
Lowest operating temp applies to all QSOs. Yes, I know,
those of you freezing all night in the field may be irked
if someone puts their rig on the patio for 15 minutes to
work a "cold one" then walks back in to sit by the fire.
But I know hams with unheated shacks, etc, so it was too
hard to find a fair way to control this. Again, conscience
be your guide. Though I'm open for suggestions for next
year.
> 1c. Do I use the field mult only on field Q's if I'm only in the
> field for an hour and spend the other 11 in the nice cozy shack.
Yes! This is a nice, clear-cut case. No grey area. *whew*
Field multi only counts for QSOs made in the field.
> 1d. If I make contacts from the shack, but not the while I'm in
> the field, does the field mult count?
See 1c above.
> 2. If I run 5W on 3.710, 5W on 21.110 and 950mW on 7.110 do I only
> multiply the 40 meter Q's by 2?
Yes. Power multi is per QSO, since that's easy to track.
Unless your PA stage is going nuts. :-)
> 3. What do you reccomend I put in the keyer (4 memories)?
What you had was fine. Don't worry about perfect keyer code
interspersed with QLF "frozen finger" code. Most of us will
be in the same boat. :-)
> 4. Will there be postumous awards for those of us to stupid to stay
> inside when we should? hi hi.
Only if you bequeath your ham gear to me. :-)
> 5. Last question! Yeahhh! Am I being way to anal about this? Should I
> just get on the air and have fun?
Fun? Who ever said this was supposed to fun? :-) :-)
Cheers de AB7TT (ex-KC7NEV),
-Joe, vole@primenet.com, AZ ScQRPions (Phoenix)
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