[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest.

Wed Mar 15 08:07:28 EST 2006

All depends how you configure it. Can be done quite legally. Chris SJJ

ADRIAN REES wrote:

>I Quote ".......(!?) Similarly in IOTA and SSB Field Day."
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>Forgive me but I thought you are only allowed One TX in SSB Field Day .......... this seems to imply two.
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>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest.
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>Thanks John. I think you will find though that the computer is very much
>an integral part of a radio contest nowadays. I had similar thoughts 20
>years ago and vowed that radio and computer would never be connected.
>Within a year or so it was!
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>My computer is always connected to the Internet via broadband, I run
>VE7CC's AR User  http://www.ve7cc.net/   which feeds into my general
>logging program Logger32. Click on a spot to move radio, logging program
>and antennas. If I am not doing a contest seriously or in an Assisted
>section, I would always select Cluster in N1MM and again have the spots
>fed in from AR User. It really adds some fun moving up and down the
>bandmap to grab some new ones. We did that here at G8D in CQWW CW last
>November. One op on Run, the other picking off the Spots (!?) Similarly
>in IOTA and SSB Field Day.
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>In SSB contests I also use voice messages which are generated by, stored
>in and played back from the computer. The ol' confuser thing is sure
>with us!
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>Chris G3SJJ
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>>I have long thought , and have consequently kept out of this contest,
>>that the term BERU must be like a red rag to a bull to anyone overseas.
>>No wonder they don't want to continue taking part.   Ditching BERU and
>>replacing it with a new, "re-sold "  commonwealth contest must be a
>>priority.  After all the BE has long gone, and presumably the RU with
>>it !  And by the way, please not cluster!   I thought these were Radio
>>contests , not computer operating contests.
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>>73 John G3NCN
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>>On Tuesday, Mar 14, 2006, at 23:26 Europe/London, brian coyne wrote:
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>>>An excellent suggestion from Ian (SEK) imo. Rebranding
>>>with publicity throughout the Commonwealth by liason
>>>with various National Societies. I don't really buy
>>>this Boer War, Botany Bay deportation resentment stuff
>>>though. Take the Commonwealth Games starting this
>>>week(and maybe we missed a trick here this year with
>>>this and our own events occuring so close). All
>>>eligible nations will be putting out their best
>>>athletes who will be filled with national pride and
>>>busting a gut, doing their level best to make their
>>>country top of the tree. These youngsters will be nth
>>>generation of original settlers who won't give a hoot
>>>about old prejudices.
>>>What needs to be done is to get the message out to all
>>>hams in these countries that they are representing
>>>their country as well as themselves in this enjoyable
>>>event. CQWW have a club category, we cdxc members are
>>>encouraged to show this membership on their entry so
>>>why not take some ideas from this. Have an award to be
>>>competed for by the combined totals of the top three
>>>entrants from each country. Something like this where
>>>people are battling for national pride as well as
>>>individual awards could give a kick start to reviving
>>>the interest in this established event which is well
>>>worth examination of all possible ideas to prevent it
>>>falling into oblivion, further the top three uk stns
>>>could have a real chance to win it. I could imagine
>>>existing ops in each country approaching other
>>>contesters they know who have never entered previously
>>>or even thought about it. By golly the competitive
>>>team spirit is still alive and well in the
>>>commonwealth just look at the rugby, cricket etc, why
>>>not ham radio?
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>>>I can't agree about re-structuring the format though,
>>>I used to think that some extra incentive for uk
>>>stations would be an improvement but now feel that
>>>would destroy the uniqueness of the event. By the
>>>creation of the trophies the instigators of this test
>>>obviously considered that within the contest the uk
>>>stns would have their own contest and I feel that
>>>intent should still hold good.
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>>>In response to SJJ's thoughts about the cq'ing
>>>procedure, sorry Chris but we would never stop ops
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>>>from calling cq beru, it's like Horlicks, been there
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>>>for ever and will always be there. Why does it really
>>>matter ? It doesn't have to mean anything, it is a
>>>word many know and increasingly few understand but
>>>they don't care what it stands for. Participants know
>>>it's a message they are looking for and non
>>>participants, the majority of experienced ones anyway,
>>>know to stay away from. It's like WSEM, I haven't a
>>>clue what it stands for and I don't care, I do know
>>>that it is a Russian contest for Russians only and
>>>that is good enough and I leave them alone.
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>>>Despite the comments we have had about "time this one
>>>was buried" this reflector has seen more postings
>>>about this event than any contest for a long time, so
>>>not quite time for the mortuary I think.
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>>>If all of us can toss our ideas in here it will give
>>>hfcc something to pick the bones from.
>>>73,  Brian 5b/g4odv.
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