Hi Mike. I am supportive of this. You will get backlash either way, however. 73 Ria, N2RJ On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 5:21 PM Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net> wrote:
ODV Team;
Pursuant to Standing Order 55A, I would like to inform ODV that at the January 12, 2021 meeting the PSC voted and approved new 2021 Field Day waivers. The Waivers will be exactly the same as 2020 waivers, with one change: Class D (Home stations on commercial power), and Class E (Home stations on emergency power) will be limited to 150 watts of output power. Last year there was no such limit imposed.
The 1500 watt home stations overpowering "true" Field Day stations was the most major complaint heard loud and clear from the membership, and this change will alleviate that concern. Other than that, the FD waivers last year met with praise from most of the membership.
The question has come up as to why 150 watts was chosen, not just 100 watts. The reason behind that is the fact that some hams at home are still using older radios with tubes for finals, (FT-101 series, TS-820/TS520, Drakes, etc.), and they put out more than 100 watts when properly tuned. There also is very little difference between a 100 watt signal and a 150 watt signal on the other end of the QSO.
If there are any issues with this change among ODV members, please let me know in the next few weeks. There will be a PSC meeting soon and I'd like to finalize this so it can be published.
I'm letting you know now as I just received the preliminary meeting minutes from Dan Henderson, N1ND today.
73; Mike W7VO
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