[SD-User] Club Calls setup ?

[Paul Howland]

Pain in the neck. Last time we did it I spent Hours on the Internet and in
my call book getting it +/- correct. Perhaps the RSGB should do it as a word
search (or perhaps an accompanying one)  !!!!! Good contest all the same
and as perviously said about ~200 contacts is the limit ----- Hey ho

Paul G0wjn

 Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard W L Limebear" <Richard at g3rwl.demon.co.uk>
To: <sd-user at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SD-User] Club Calls setup ?


> "Paul O'Kane" writes:
>
> > > > > SD permits a maximum of 11 characters -
> > > I'm amazed that a longer field length is not possible.
> > It is possible, but it introduces QSO capacity issues
> > and various other compromises.
>
> If its just related to memory size (how many people only have just 600k of
> spare memory ?) I wouldn't think of it as an issue. Nor do I see any need
for
> this field to be checked against other fields. Another possible factor is
that,
> in the club calls contest, more than 200 QSOs is highly unlikely.
>
> > > .... see RSGB HFCC website - includes examples for CCC
> > > in Cabrillo format.
> >
> > There are some inconsistencies in the example shown.
> >
> > 1.  The indicated length for received club names is 26
> >     characters - not nearly enough for "Loughton and
> >     Epping Forest Amateur Radio Rociety".
>
> In another document (RSGB Log File Format) they say this field is
characters
> 73-128 and the line must then be terminated with a hard carriage return.
>
> > 2.  The "ARS" abbreviation is shown - is this permitted under the rules?
>
> Good point, rules are not clear on this !!!
>
> > 3.  There is no provision for recording your own club name as sent.
>
> Its in the header of their example file.
>
> G3SEK writes:
>
> > Full club name: "Vale of White Horse Amateur Radio Society without a
'the'"
>
> Ouch. Personally I'm checking club names against the RSGB Yearbook.
>
> G3SVD writes:
>
> > Surely the best solution is to give each club a registration number or
code
> > (like district codes in other contests) of just two or three characters,
> > unless the object is to copy long club names correctly. In which case
points
> > should be lost for each error, e.g putting "the" into Vale of White
Horse
> > Amateur Radio Society.
>
> Good idea and good point but ...
>
> G3VAO writes:
>
> > Why not use the Clubs RSGB membership number which if memory serves me
> > correctly is on the RadCom address label.
>
> This number is also their password to the RSGB members-only website -
probably
> a security issue here.
>
> Since I'm not the only person complaining about this, may I suggest that
> entrants have a moan in their "soapbox" comments - at least ARC, CG, RC
etc
> should be declared to be legal. HFCC would probably be glad to have the
input.
>
> 73
> Richard W L Limebear G3RWL
> g3rwl at amsat.org
> FOC # 1188
>
>           So many beautiful girls ..... (sob) so little time
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