[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2006/2007

[Dave Lawley]

Chris

Try listening to the Eagles song: "Get Over It!"

The scoring system was carefully worked out by Dud, G6CJ and has been in 
place for many years. It has yielded wins from places around the globe 
as diverse as VP8, 9J, ZL, VK, VE3, VE7, the Caribbean and the 
Mediterranean, and in the 1970s G3FXB came within a few points of 
winning. Indeed if UK planning laws allowed the construction of an 
antenna farm more nearly like VE3EJ's, I'm sure he would have won.

The further point is that this is a DX contest. The distance from 
Nottingham to Edinburgh is in no way comparable with the distance from 
Toronto to Vancouver, Perth to Sydney or Dunedin to Auckland.

Special thanks to Les G3VQO for doing a great job with the checking, and 
very quickly too. Bob, Les and I have also proposed a number of rule 
changes for 2007 which have been accepted by HFCC. The new rules will be 
published as soon as the HFCC webmaster is able to get some time to 
update the site, but here is a brief summary
1. Packet assisted stations will be able to enter the multi-op category
2. Restructuring of the Restricted Section
3. A new traveller award

There are also a couple of new marketing initiatives, details will also 
be published shortly.

73, Dave G4BUO