[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest.

[Peter Hobbs]

I have to say that the new John Dunnington trophy, which does cater for the
barefoot station and is very welcome, is only available to UK entrants and
this seems a little hard on overseas stations in the same position, who can
only compete to have a * against their entry in the open listing.  Surely at
least a certificate could be made available for these guys to shoot at?

There's been quite a lot of discussion here in the past re the old Junior
section rules, i.e. 25W and a GP or limited hours (as at present) - last
time it came up opinions were pretty well divided.

Peter G3LET

----- Original Message -----
From: "brian coyne" <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>


> Firstly how sad to learn that news about Frank, I
> never actually met him but am aware of the legend that
> he created, a true dx-er as well as contester, RIP
> Frank.
>
> I was looking forward to Beru and admit it is a year
> or two since I looked at the rules and having just
> done so am totally de-incentivised. I had hoped to
> give it a blast with an hf vertical and some wire for
> lf but really wonder now what is the point other than
> to have a poodle around here and there.
>
> Perhaps somebody could point out what would be the
> attraction for little pistols in this contest as it is
> now governed because I fail to see any other than
> meeting old friends or give a few points out to the
> well equipped.
>
> HFCC definition of restricted does not mean what it
> does in other RSGB contests but is changed to mean a
> category for reduced operating time. HFCC has always
> shown a reluctance to increase categories within any
> of their contests which perhaps made sense in a
> contest which may have only attracted 40 or 50 entries
> but they had the same marked reluctance to do so when
> the IOTA test was first introduced and I have no doubt
> they were still kicking and screaming when forced to
> face the facts that additional categories had to be
> brought in for that one. Beru attracts sufficient
> participants and traffic to warrant additional
> categories.
>
> Low power users now have to struggle against allcomers
> no matter which time period they choose which is a
> pointless task if they had any notion of trying to be
> competetive, especially given that 10mtrs is 99%
> certain to be a no no, 15mtrs very iffy and if open
> closed to distant contacts for 100w boys without a
> beam. Likewise 80 mtrs is unlikely to provide much
> either in the way of dx for these guys. I note there
> are a few crumbs such as the 69 band/call areas (which
> will need to be gathered on mainly two bands) and
> John's trophy for the uk boys which appears to have
> been switched from the original and now redundant
> section, and that winner will have many dead useless
> hours to put in with only the odd morsel for comfort.
>
> So far as I can assess these present rules have a
> negative effect on activity and competitive
> participation, there is nothing there to make me or
> any other overseas barefoot op want to try very hard
> that's for sure. Further whilst possibly the reason
> the reduced operating time category was to encourage
> persons subject to time restraints the actual effect
> is to encourage a more than anticipated nr's into that
> category reducing overall activity and  making those
> long nights even slower.
>
>
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Brian 5B/G4ODV.
>
>
>
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