[UK-CONTEST] RSGB IOTA Contest - Final Scores

[G3SJJ]

That's incredible. On mine you can clearly see the beam, 80m gp and 
switching box for the 40m array. A bit scary!!

NG12 5NX

Chris G3SJJ



Peter Bowyer wrote:
> 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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