[UK-CONTEST] VHF-NFD Fixed Stations

[Andy Swiffin]

 "Nigel G3TXF"
<nigel at G3TXF.com> wrote:

>>From my understanding of the postings on here, as a fixed
> station (just idly trying to support VHF-NFD on 6m from
> home), it appears that I am not allowed to call CQ. If I've
> got this wrong, then I'm sorry. But if I've got it right,
> then it's nuts!
> 
> Should I re-categorise my small VHF-NFD entry made from home
> as Fixed, Check-Log or Shredder?
> 
> Having a contest where any particular category (other than
> SWL!) can't call CQ seems, to me at least, somewhat bonkers.

Well to be fair to the contest committee anybody can come on in VHF NFD and have few QSOs to help out.  And I'm sure your qso correspondents will have been grateful.   But according to the rules as published if you called CQ you just can't submit an entry in the "Fixed station sweepers" category, so I guess its a check-log

"G3LZQ John" <johndunnington at johndunnington.karoo.co.uk> wrote:
.
> I agree bonkers in the first degree..lots of folks only want to have a few
> Q's to help out..


And I can assure you that there are some who are more used to breathing the rarified air up in these vhf climes who agree with you.   Absolutely bonkers.   I hope that the contest committee are taking note, but as there have been comments in the past that they don't pay much attention to what is being said here and need things sending directly to them I am ccing this.   I could find no address on the VHFCC site so am using one off the hf site.

As I've already said on here,  it made the contest quite awkward to work and a lot of qsos (with portable nfd stations) were missed as they were mainly s&ping themselves.  I for one won't bother again under the current rules.


73
Andy
gm8oeg


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