[amsat-bb] FM sats and FD

[Scott]

Patrick, all due respect (and I have a ton for every thing you’ve done) when I put the question - can I work the same sat station in SSB and CW - to the email address listed in the Field Day rules, I got a very prompt, courteous but unambiguous email reply from a guy that should know, of  “no.”

Which as I said seemed odd, but it was the answer I got when I asked.  If it’s wrong, great, the rules make more sense !🙄

I will drop the gent that sent me that answer yet another note. He may have  been distracted by other differences between AMSAT and ARRL, who knows, I expect it was a busy time.  Happy to share who it was privately if it helps resolve future confusion.

Thanks Patrick.

73 Scott

Make something good happen!

> On Jun 25, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Just like with any of the other bands used for Field Day, ARRL's
> Field Day rules provide for 3 modes for use with the "Satellite"
> band - CW, Digital, and Phone. There is no separation in the Phone
> category for SSB vs. FM, nor is there any separation in the Digital
> category between packet, RTTY, PSK31, FT8, or any of the other
> digital modes. Where AMSAT's Field Day rules allow me to work a
> station across different satellites, and possibly even different
> modes on the same satellite (CW vs. SSB, or packet vs. PSK31 for
> NO-84), ARRL's rules don't go to that detail.
> 
> I know that I will not be able to count several of my satellite
> contacts for the ARRL Field Day submission. For example, I worked
> KB6LTY on AO-91 in FM, CAS-4B in SSB, and NO-84 in packet. For
> ARRL's rules, one of the non-packet QSOs is a dupe, since there is
> only a "phone" mode for satellites - just like there is only a
> "phone" mode for each HF band.
> 
> Again, this is something I've dealt with for many years, including
> not scoring contacts that exceed the one-QSO-per-FM-satellite rule,
> or contacts that are considered dupes under one set of Field Day
> rules (usually the ARRL's rules). It really isn't hard to deal with,
> but there are differences between the two rulesets that have to be
> addressed - if you plan on making an entry for your Field Day effort.
> 
> 73!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
> 
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> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:32 PM, Scott McDonald via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
>> Not sure which is the point of confusion here, but when I queried the ARRL
>> last week before Field Day I was told that “Satellite” was a band and that
>> Mode was irrelevant ( because I wanted to see if I could work a station on
>> both SSB and Cw.)
>> 
>> 
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