[UK-CONTEST] NON-ROPOCO

[Clive GM3POI]

That is better Ian, however the original is clear enough. While we are at it 
what is wrong with working outside UK if the station sends his post code 
i.e. in the form D42678 not that we get too many EU callers.
73 Clive GM3POI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian White GM3SEK" <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] NON-ROPOCO


> Clive Whelan wrote:
>> In this case the first station to work Ed, or the first station to
>>work that station, or the first station to work that station ( now pay
>>attention puhleeeze ;-) ) almost certainly kept on sending the mystical
>>, and now legendary, Llanvaches code,
>
> The rule says:  "Exchange: RST plus for the first contact, the entrant's
> own postcode. For each subsequent contacts, RST plus the postcode
> received from the previous contact."
>
> For a newcomer who didn't already understand what's unusual about
> ROPOCO, that wording could very easily be misinterpreted... and
> evidently it was! And the other unusual feature isn't mentioned at all.
>
> How about "Exchange: RST plus the postcode received from the previous
> contact. The postcode from the previous contact must be sent exactly as
> it was received and logged; if it appears to contain errors, these must
> not be corrected. For the first contact only, send RST plus your own
> postcode."
>
>
> -- 
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
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