[UK-CONTEST] RSGB IOTA Contest - Final Scores

[Fred Handscombe]

They seem to be very much older photos compared to Google Earth looking at 
my garden and lack of cars!

Also poorer resolution in W Suffolk c/w Google

73 Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Bowyer" <peter at bowyer.org>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB IOTA Contest - Final Scores


> 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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