Johnny…what was the exercise you did for North Fulton ?
To get the club positioned for a "Club Competition"
status for an HF contest ?
Ron
WW8RR
From: Fourlanders
[mailto:fourlanders-bounces+ww8rr=charter.net@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John
Kludt
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 3:43 PM
To: Fourlanders
Subject: [Fourlanders] Fwd: [VHFcontesting] UK has Eliminated Multi-Op
and single Op Shared Stations for Present Time
Folks,
While this is the UK and not here it is an
interesting development. Could be that we compete as
FourLanders from home. To do so we need to be registered as a contest
club and our eligibility file needs to be updated and approved by the President
by the Friday prior to the contest. While
I can find us as a contest club (Four Landers VHF/UHF
Group), we do not have an eligibility list. I am guessing that is
because we never had to contest as individuals contributing our scores to the
club totals
To
compile the list we have three choices:
I
do not know if we have any active members outside of Georgia, if we do that is
the downside of the ARRL section approach. The advantage of the circle
approach is we could pick up ops in SC, NC, TN and AL. If we did
this approach we would have to play with the location of the center of the
circle. We would probably want it to be a little south of Atlanta and then
use the 175 mile circle. The 35 mile radius is way too small.
To
get on the list we just need the call and the six digit grid of everyone who
wants to play. This goes into an Excel file that gets uploaded to
the ARRL Contest page ( http://contest-clubs.arrl.org/upload.php ).
An email is then sent to the President of the club for his approval. Like
I said all of this needs to be completed by the Friday before the
contest. Yes, there is a story here that I can share if anyone is
interested. It all has to do with clubs cherry picking for the best score
after the contest was over.
So not being an officer, not my call and my suggestion is in
these times of COVID-19 it might be a wise move to do this drill. If we
don't need it nothing really lost. Don't know about you all but I have a
little time on my hands for projects. The reason I know about this is I
did this drill for the North Fulton club.
Johnny
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: CHRISTOP PATTERSON <w3cmp@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] UK has Eliminated Multi-Op and single Op Shared
Stations for Present Time
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Hello all:
Although it doesn't directly affect a lot of us on March 19th the RSGB
announced: "As a result of the UK government’s recent advice on social
distancing, it is with regret that the HF Contest Committee (HFCC) and the VHF
Contest Committee (VHFCC) have decided that, with immediate effect and until
the end of June 2020, we will no longer accept multi-operator contest entries
for any RSGB Contest.
Single operator entries from shared stations will also not be accepted, unless
the station is being shared by family members living at the same postal
address. The HFCC has taken the decision that the RSGB HF CW NFD Contest (June)
is cancelled for this year.
We have decided not to ban portable operation by single operators because of
the potential mental health benefits associated with engaging in hobbies etc.
as well as the lack of person-to-person contact in normal single operator
contesting. However, we encourage everyone to follow the government guidelines
regarding social distancing and unnecessary travel.
We will review these rule changes regularly in line with the most recent
government advice to determine if we need to extend or modify the restrictions.
In early June we will decide if the VHF NFD, the IOTA Contest and SSB NFD can
go ahead as planned."
mailto:ian.g0fct@gmail.com?subject=Re:%20RSGB%20HF%20and%20VHF%20Contest%20Rules%20Changes
In addition, the UKSMG (United Kingdom Six Meter Group) has also eliminated the
multi-op category for this year's summer Es contest in June.
Is there any word from the ARRL about eliminating entry categories or
cancelling contests?
73, Chris Patterson W3CMP
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