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

[Mike Farmer]

Laurence

You have reinforced a point I made earlier which I do not recall seeing go
through.

It was that was if the completion of equipment codes etc was a part of the
rules then the rules should have been enforced and operators not complying
should have the score unpublished and a list of disqualified calls
published. I am sure that the miscreants would soon toe the line. After all
if the adjudicators do not apply the rules you may as well throw away the
rule book completely!!

My only change to the equipment codes would be to loose the codes and use
real numbers and letters ie Type of Tx, Power out, Type of antenna, Height
of antenna.

73 de Mike
G3VAO



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurence Mason" <laurence at forest-farm.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth 2004 - Power levels/Sections etc..


> 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.
> >
> >
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