[UK-CONTEST] NON-ROPOCO

[Martin Snow]

> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:45:27 +0000
> From: clive.whelan at btinternet.com
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] NON-ROPOCO
> 
> Actually this is an excellent opportunity for HFCC to be proactive in 
> establishing and promoting a "ROLOCO" event ( many a true word......) on 
> a European level. With the best will in the world, the postcode format 
> is never likely to hack it outside the UK. Locators however are truly 
> universal, and enjoy the advantage that they have a standard format- viz 
> LLnnLL-, so you k-n-o-w if you copied it incorrectly format-wise, and 
> the worst excesses( though amusing) of mangled post codes should be 
> avoided.
> 
> I suggested to HFCC some time ago ( whilst I was adjudicator) that one 
> of the ROPOCO events be converted to Sprint format, but the silence was 
> deafening. A newly established ROLOCO event should enable this without 
> accusations of tinkering with something that ain't broke. Our European 
> cousins are already well versed  in the Sprint format, and the 
> change-averse Brits could learn on the fly.
> 
> Possibly 40m would be a better choice for such an event, and would avoid 
> upsetting the OF brigade on 80m. Timing would clearly need some 
> consideration. I'd also propose a 100w limit to avoid the domination of 
> certain events by >1500w stations in certain parts of Europe. A trophy 
> would be be a good promotional tool, and I k-n-o-w that there is a 
> number of redundant trophies just gathering dust at RSGB HQ, e.g. the 
> 7Mhz DX cups.
> How about it HFCC?
> 
 73


Thanks Clive, for your interesting comments.

I’m fairly new to contesting, find the CCs good practice,
when they don’t coincide with Club Meetings! I need to do a contest at least
once a month to keep ‘my ear in’, longer than that and I start to ‘loose it’.

This was my first ROPOCO, and I enjoyed it (sorry, to those
who showed me great forbearance, I did ‘get it’ - in the end!) and no, it was
not me, I listen to my outgoing P-Cs!

Personally, I would not like to loose ROPOCO 1. When it
works, it works well as a test of operating skill (unlike other contests,
nearly all ops slowed their cw for the ROPOCO exchange - hi).  But I agree that the ROLOCO is an excellent
idea and it could replace the second ROPOCO 2, and perhaps be more frequent?

I found this ROPOCO much more civilised, than the AFS
contest, where the general standard of operating is good, interspersed with
demonstrations of appalling bad manners.

As a newcomer to contesting, one soon learns that ‘running’
is essential to a good score, but it took me quite a long time to ‘psyc myself
up’ to ‘running’. 

Unfortunately, it seems there is a distinct lack of
sportsmanship (combined with big elbows) on the part of those stations that run
VERY QRO stations! In spite of their being, otherwise, good operators.

IF the hfcc is going to do anything………..I would like to see
them enforce 100W for all contests – as far as that is possible, if only to
level the playing field.  1.5kW (+) makes
for a very unfair contest.

Question: What is going to happen to contesting generally, when
‘CW Skimmer’ becomes popular?

Thanks to all, es 73 de Martin, GW3PRL. Isle of Anglesey
[ex EU124!]


> 
> 
> Clive
> GW3NJW
> 
> Dave Sharred wrote:
> > GW3SQX said:
> > "Non-UK stations could send their Locator, which has a similar format to
> > post
> > codes.  In fact, we could all send our locators as the first exchange,
> > although this might be the basis of a different contest"
> >
> >
> > I guess you would call it ROLOCO !
> >
> > I had half a mind to enter this year; although I was up nice and early, I
> > forgot totally about it !!!
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Dave
> > G3NKC
> >
> >
> >
> >
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