[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth 2004 - Power levels/Sections etc..

[Laurence Mason]

Paul,

We used to have the equipment codes to show approximately what was being
used by the entrants:

power (on a 'log' scale)
antenna height (to within 10 feet)
antenna type (broad category)
antenna number of elements

The big problem was that a lot of entrants did not record the equipment
code on the cover sheet so the adjudicator had to work it out - a bit of
a bind for the smaller contests a royal pain in the proverbial for AFS -
particularly with the number of entrants who don't give enough detail to
make the code meaningful - four blank characters was the case for some.
Look back to the results tables when it was last reported.

It was always interesting to be able to see how similarly equipped
stations compared. There was insufficient take up - having had the codes
for a number of years - so they were dropped. Pity but there we are and
life moves on.

Laurence G4HTD



Paul Brice-Stevens wrote:
> 
> Complete agreement with Mike and Daves comments...I have felt for a long
> time that all RSGB contests should have 3 power sections...400w
> (Ahem!)...100w and 5w (10w if you must)...just like CQWW and ARRL DX...a
> case could also be made for single elements (dipoles/verticals etc..) as
> well.
> 
> A prime candidate for this would be AFS.(power part, not single element
> bit obviously).. as in 400w (coughs up sleeve in Eric Morecambe Arsenal
> manner)...100w and QRP...it would still allow you to have a listing of
> all competitors...then Clubs...then 400/100/5 watters...it would
> encourage people top compete against one another in the same power class
> as well as competing overall in the full listing.
> 
>