New Field Day Score Multipliers And Bonus Points Announced
By WBØRUR, on the scene
NEWINGSTEAD, Vt. — In a last minute decision designed to encourage a wider variety of amateur radio operating styles and practices, the National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) has announced a new set of “multipliers and bonuses” for Field Day.
“We believe these increased scoring opportunities will allow a wider and more diverse group of operators to participate in Field Day,” says Dr. Johnson Longsville, Director of NRRL Contests and Promotional Outreach.
“While some of these may seem ever so slightly out of the norm, the League believes it is important to encourage participation through a variety of means. Recently, we implemented “non petroleum” power bonus, satellite QSO bonuses and several others. This is just a continuation of that on-going review and analysis.”
The new multipliers and bonus points are listed in the table below, along with common nicknames.
NICKNAME | POINTS | DETAILS |
OSCAR MEYER Bonus | 100 points | Operators eat nothing but bologna sandwiches for the duration of the contest |
HOSTAGE Multiplier | 2x score multiplier | All QSOs are made while blindfolded |
FRUIT OF THE LOOM Bonus | 150 points | Primary operator wears nothing but t-shirt and boxers |
I JUST LEARNED TO TYPE Bonus | 50 points | Logging operator uses one finger on the computer keyboard |
NOW WE’RE COOKING Multiplier | 2x score multiplier | CW Operators must roast a small chicken on the charcoal grill while making 10 QSOs |
STAY OFF MY YARD Bonus | 250 points | Yell at the neighbor kids while making a SSB transmission |
THE AUSTRALIAN CRAWL Multiplier | 4x score multiplier | All on-air operators must simultaneously drink a pint of Foster’s |
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO Bonus | 100 points | One operator per transmitter must climb a tree and hold onto the station’s feedline for 2.5 hrs |
THE DIGITAL INSPECTION, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Multiplier | 3x score multiplier | PSK31 /JT65 operators must live type all QSOs – NO MACROS |
AND IT’S DEEP TOO! Bonus | 50 points | Teach a class on building a camp-site latrine |
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