[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 7MHz DX Contest

[Lee Volante]

Hi Richard,

There are a number of contests that have single band categories, and some 
have additionally low power (100w) sub-categories.  Try any of the regular 
contest calendars.

The RSGB 7 MHz contest was retired after years of reducing activity, 
culminating in the average rate for the winning Overseas entrants reaching 
about 5 QSOs/hr (or similar).  The UBA DX contest held on the same weekend 
also caused some problems for the RSGB event.  However the UBA does have a 
single band section, has a good level of acitivty, and living in an EU 
member country you're a sought after QSO - perhaps try that one.

The restricted section idea specifying antenna height / type as well as 
power is I think unique to RSGB contests. For some people this is perfect, 
there will always be those with antennas still much lower than the max 
height, or perhaps too high, or perhaps (for the HF contests) have a yagi 
but no linear (as Mike 'VAO reminds us) so it's still not ideal for some 
people.  So a regular single band / low power contest section might be as 
good for you.

Also, for info, because of the same uniqueness of the idea, a very large 
number of entrants from Overseas (and some in the UK) forget to specify 
which section they're in, and even if they do declare their equipment on 
their summary sheets, they don't list the antenna heights so the 
adjudicators have to chase this up with the entrants to allocate people in 
the correct section.

73,

Lee G0MTN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Newstead" <g3cwi at btconnect.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB 7MHz DX Contest


> This was one of the few contests that I used to enjoy doing from home as
> it had a sensible restricted section (the 21/28 was the other one). As it
> was ditched a while back (before I managed to win it) can anyone suggest
> another 7MHz contest where the playing field is level for entrants with
> 100W and low single element wire aerials?