[UK-CONTEST] RSGB IOTA Contest - Final Scores

[Peter Bowyer]

You'll find different, and often better, coverage on Microsoft's online version:

http://local.live.com

They also have alternative perspectives for many urban areas (ie not
looking straight down but looking ahead).

Don's corner of rural Oxfordshire looks much better there than on
Google Earth.... just count those swimming pools!

Peter G4MJS

On 13/11/06, Don Field <don.field at gmail.com> wrote:
> Clive
>
> Many populated areas (plus most of the US from what I can see) are covered
> by high-definition photos. Many other areas are at much lower definition.
> It's interesting here - you can see pretty much every house and tree in
> Reading but move 5 miles north to where we are in rural Oxfordshire and it's
> all a bit fuzzy (of course, that could be the RF from my tx!).
>
> Don G3XTT
>
> On 11/13/06, Clive Whelan <clive.whelan at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know why some QTHs display perfectly in google
> > earth and others not at all. For instance my previous city
> > QTH ( CF14 7AD) displayed perfectly ( no antennas these
> > days!), whereas my present QTH, CF5 6NE is just a big green
> > blur. Sure there are lots of trees and grass but.....
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> > Clive
> > GW3NJW
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ian
> > G3WVG
> > Sent: 13 November 2006 18:54
> > To: 'Don Field'; 'CQ-Contest MailList';
> > 'Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com'
> > Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB IOTA Contest - Final Scores
> >
> >
> > Don ..
> >
> > Congratulations on a great presentation of the IOTA results.
> > I liked the
> > photo-feature too.  One question. Sorry for being a thicko
> > but how does one
> > access the google-tag feature please?
> >
> > 73 Ian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don
> > Field
> > Sent: 12 November 2006 23:01
> > To: CQ-Contest MailList; Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com
> > Subject: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB IOTA Contest - Final Scores
> >
> > This is to announce that the IOTA contest results appearing
> > on the website
> > (see below for URL) are now Final. There have been very few
> > changes from the
> > provisional results, but there were a couple of logs which
> > were incorrectly
> > categorised.
> >
> > Some interesting stats:
> >
> >    - This year saw the highest number of submitted logs,
> > well over 1500
> >    in total, despite being at the bottom of the sunspot
> > cycle.
> >    - The contest database contains over 440,000 QSOs, of
> > which we were
> >    able to directly cross-check about 67%.
> >    - 203 pictures were submitted by entrants and 596
> > entrants used the
> >    Geotags facility to show their location on Google maps.
> >    - Once the provisional results were advised to entrants
> > there were
> >    12,000 page-views within two weeks, and 375 entrants took
> > time to check
> >    their adjudication reports (similar to CQWW UBNs).
> >    - The database will, in due course, be linked to the New
> > Generation
> >    IOTA Software (coming next year), to allow validated
> > contest QSOs to be
> > used
> >    as credit towards IOTA awards.
> >    - We received over 400 logs by the end of the contest
> > weekend.
> >    Software advances allow us to start adjudication as soon
> > as we start to
> >    receive logs, so the sooner everyone submits, the sooner
> > the results can
> > be
> >    available. Submit early! If you don't receive an
> > ackowledgement from the
> >    contest robot within two hours, try again (but check the
> > acknowledgement
> >    didn't end up in your Spam folder!).
> >
> > Here are the main contest URLs:
> >
> > Results:
> > http://www.iotacontest.com/contest/iota/2006/finalScore.php
> >
> > PhotoGallery:
> > http://www.iotacontest.com/contest/iota/2006/gallery.php
> >
> > Soapbox:
> > http://www.iotacontest.com/contest/iota/2006/soapBox.html
> >
> > Rules: http://www.iotacontest.com
> >
> > You can also access most of the above, along with info on
> > other RSGB
> > contests, via the RSGB HFCC Web Pages: www.rsgbhfcc.org
> >
> > The 2007 contest will be held, as always, on the last full
> > weekend of July,
> > (28/29th). The rules are not expected to change from 2006.
> >
> > Don Field G3XTT (Contest Manager) and the IOTA Contest Team
> >
> > Correspondence to: iotacontest at rsgbhfcc.org
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Peter Bowyer
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