[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2006/2007

[Tom Wylie]

Sorry is that for "New age travellers?"

I'd support a lowering of the age limit for taking part in this Contest 
to 50 - might encourage a few G4s!!!!

BERU - now thats is like watching pain drying......

Tom GM4FDM
a young RTTY Contester



Dave Lawley wrote:
> 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
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