[CQ-Contest] RE: Meaningful Contest Exchange

[Dave Lawley]

K3NA wrote:

 >To make life more interesting, the contest could require that the 
 >exchange you send is the one you just copied in the previous
 >QSO.  I think this is used in one of the Scandinavian contests.

It was used in the Internet Sprint last night, at least for the name 
part. Good 20m propagation enabled me to make 127 Qs - a lot of fun!

As far as I know, the concept was first introduced by Dennis G3MXJ (now 
F5VHY) when he led the RSGB HF Contests Committee, round about 1980. The 
'Ropoco' CW contest is still held twice a year on 80m, and you send your 
UK postal code (similar to zip but using letters as well) on the first 
contact and on subsequent contacts you send the code you just received. 
Hence Ropoco - ROtating POst COdes. It's a lot of fun and meets the aim 
of a meaningful exchange, but it's also very hard to explain what it's 
all about to a casual contester.

Dave G4BUO