[UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Results

[g3ory at lineone.net]

Hi Everyone,

After I received Dave's mesage (below) I looked at the ssb scores and 
the soapbox comments. The overwhelming theme was of course the dire 
propagation.  In the ssb session I had a fleeting QSO with Dave and 
mentioned the awful conditions and he told me the January sessions were 
to accommodate the GMs to 'level the playing field' a bit. I 
subsequently gathered that the Contest Committee had received a lot of 
requests from GMs for this change.

I thought I would look at the facts that are available.  The 
population of Scotland is about 5.1 million or about 8.5% of the UK 
population and my expectation was that there would be at least this 
proportion of GMs in the entries and maybe as much as 50% more than 
this. Gifted with the modification of the rules as a result of their 
requests to the CC, I expected the GMs would embrace this with 
enthusiasm reflected in their participation.  I counted the number of 
GMs in the results of the January sessions and got the following 
results:

CW   11/172,    SSB   7/207,   Data 4/108   Total for the month  
22/487 which is 4.5% of the total

The Club of which I am a member (DMUARS) had a total of 25 individual 
entries in January compared to 22 for the whole of Scotland and I am 
sure the figures for Newbury and Bristol must be less flattering than 
this.

February has not got off to a good start either since there were 6 GM 
entries on the list posted by the new Robot out of 229 in total i.e., 
2.6%
Ironically the best GM turnout in January was for the CW leg when 
there was reasonable inter G propagation and the GMs did not have a 
propagation advantage over the rest of us further south.

It must be disappointing for the Contest Committee to see such a low 
level of support from GM after the rules have been changed to give them 
a boost.

OK, tin hat on......

73 Bob
G3ORY

>----Original Message----
>From: dave at g4buo.com
>Date: 10/02/2009 10:31 
>To: "UK Contest Reflector"<uk-contest at contesting.com>
>Subj: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Results
>
>The results for the January 80m CC Datamodes and SSB contests have 
been 
>posted to www.rsgbhfcc.org
>
>The SSB results were delayed due to issues concerning some scores 
which 
>appeared inconsisent with the power level, location or station 
>capabilities declared in the Cabrillo header.
>
>Entrants are reminded that the highest power level permitted in the 
80m 
>CC events is 100 watts, but also that some licence classes are 
>restricted to lower power levels which must, of course, be observed.
>
>These contests have to be largely self-policing, and club officials 
are 
>asked to ensure that some of their more enthusiastic members are not 
>tempted to 'turn the wick up' if conditions seem difficult.
>
>Entrants are also reminded that the rules require them to be RSGB 
>members. The Contests Committee has noted that some regulars do not 
>appear to be RSGB members, and checks will be made as the year 
proceeds.
>
>On a positive note, the new Robot used for the 80m CC contests 
starting 
>in February has been well received and has brought benefits for the 
>checking process.
>
>Thank you for your cooperation.
>
>73, Dave Lawley G4BUO
>RSGB Contests Committee
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