[UK-CONTEST] BARTG Sprint

[Clive Whelan]

There is no copyright on the use of the word Sprint of course, but let's 
hope BARTG have a change of heart about the title. In a private email a 
BARTG member confirms that there is no QSY rule. It could confuse a 
stupid person ;-)

Some readers might be interested to know that the SCC eligible event, is 
in March, being the second of two annual BARTG shindigs.

73



Clive
GW3NJW

Andy Swiffin wrote:
>>>> On 19/01/2008 at 21:02, in message <4792656A.3020602 at btinternet.com>, Clive
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> Whelan <clive.whelan at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>> Any BARTG members around?
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>> I've read the rules for this event, but can't see any reference to the 
>> classic QSY rule that applies in other sprint contests; did I miss this?
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>> I assume this is not the " BARTG RTTY " referred to in the list of SCC 
>> eligible events? That being the case, what does that mean exactly?
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> Absolutely nothing.  It threw me the first time too, why they call it a "sprint", I have no idea because there isn't the usual qsy after a run qso rule, they just mean "sprint" as in "get a lot of qsos in very quickly".  >From the BARTG site "The idea of a sprint contest is to go as fast as you can and make as many contacts as you can in a fixed period."
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> Maybe they used "sprint" in the name before it became synonymous with a qsying contest?
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> NB the exchange though, which is :  "Serial number only."
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> 73
> Andy
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