[UK-CONTEST] Club Calls Contest

[Jonathan G0DVJ]

On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:21 am, Steve White wrote:

> All:
>
> I remember a previous exchange of views on the exchange of club  
> name in CCC.
> The adjudicator entered the debate to say that HFCC were NOT that  
> picky
> about it, so if you logged 'Radio Club' when it was actually 'Radio  
> Society'
> (I have often heard inconsistent names given by different members  
> of the
> same club/society) or spelt Lichfield wrong, you shouldn't be  
> penalised.

Yes Steve - it is that pickyness I was actually not objecting to and  
suggesting explicit clarity in my previous mail on this!

Surely we should be adjudicated according to what we copy not what we  
compare to others from the same club or which we could look up in a  
computer database or on the web afterwards?   We have to assume that  
stations (who may not give their club's formal name correctly) will  
at least give it consistently and thus it can be checked that someone  
is copying accurately what is sent!    Compare to logging someone who  
consistently gives the "wrong/unbelievable" zone exchange in CQWW.

In this sense CC contest significantly tests the experienced  
operator's ability to copy complex info in demanding conditions  
(people using low power - some who bother to observe the limitations  
in top band that is, high static levels common on 160m, crowded band,  
etc.)

I think given that most people don't spell the name, spelling should  
be adjudicated with common sense.
And I think the log should as the sample suggests allow for obvious  
abbreviations but require the correct one! i.e. not allow ARC when  
ARS was copied!

Anyway probably I have flogged this one enough for another year on  
behalf of the list :)

73
Jonathan G0DVJ
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