[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest

[Dave Lawley]

Hi Rob

Get out your atlas and look at the distances between Sydney and Perth, 
or Montreal and Vancouver, then compare with the distance between 
Edinburgh and London.

Or let's put it another way. If GMs could work G then 80 would turn into 
a domestic contest, with even the VEs unable to get a look in. This is 
supposed to be a DX contest not a domestic one!

Furthermore, if UK countries counted separately then under the current 
scoring scheme UK (but not G) would win every year, which would lead to 
a loss of interest in the rest of the world. In living memory there have 
been winners from VK, ZL, VE, 9H, 6Y5, and G3FXB came extremely close in 
the 70s.

Actually I have never understood why GM GW and GI are separate from G 
for DXCC. I suppose devolution makes it a little more explicable but the 
DXCC list goes back much further than that. Perhaps you could enlighten 
me on that one?

Cheers, Dave G4BUO


ROBERT FERGUSON wrote:
>  
> I don't understand why different VE and VK call areas can work
> each other but different country/call areas in the U.K. can't.
>   This rule seems at odds with the Commonwealth Award scheme run by the RSGB
> including the latest 70th anniversary award.
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me as to the reason for this ?
> 
> 73 Rob GM3YTS