[UK-CONTEST] Olympics

[Nigel G3TXF]

Ed,

But remember we have the 2-series.

So 2O12M (two-oh-one-two-emm) etc could be the root of a
series of Olympics prefixes/special calls. 

73 - Nigel G3TXF  

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-- GW3SQX
Sent: 11 July 2009 10:34
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Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Olympics


I note from the latest RSGB club news that special Amateur
Radio events are being planned for the Olympics.  Excellent,
although I can't help thinking that the ban on using the
word "Olympics" in connection with special event stations is
absurd.  I suppose it exemplifies government thinking that
everything is for sale, even the use of a word which has
been in the public domain for over 100 years (well, over two
thousand years if you take the long view).  Shame!  Anyway,
could I please ask that any special prefixes available are
ones which tell the world which "country" a UK station is in
(for example, NOT GQ or GB for everyone).  A simple
proposal, which would not cause too much upset, is to let
everyone temporarily use the "Secondary"
identifiers that only clubs can currently use -- GX, GC, GS
and so on.

One aspect of the planning which does not fill me with
excitement is the potential resurrection of a contest along
the lines of the Jubilee Contest.
By any measure, the Jubilee Contest was an abject failure,
despite some intense publicity, mainly because very few G
stations participated, and even fewer commonwealth stations
were interested.  The rest of the world ran out of stations
to work in very short order.  If we are to have a special
contest to celebrate, may I suggest some tweaks to the
RSGB's Flagship event, the IOTA contest, whose dates that
year correspond with the start of the Olympics.  How about
some special calls for UK (non-EU005) islands -- G2012A,
G2012B, GM2012P, GD2012K and so on, to encourage people to
activate as many of them as possible.

73,

Ed, GW3SQX


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