[UK-CONTEST] NATIONAL VHF CONTEST

[Peter Bowyer]

You'll need to ask them. I resigned from the CC last year.

Peter

On 08/05/2009, DAVID BUTLER <g4asr at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> That's exactly it.
>
> So will VHFCC look at this proposal please?
>
> 73 David G4ASR
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Peter Bowyer <peter at bowyer.org>
> To: "uk-contest at contesting.com" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, 8 May, 2009 1:01:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] NATIONAL VHF CONTEST
>
> Dave
>
> Sure - re-visiting those rules (actually it was 1998) might be a start.....
>
>
> "General rules and rule S5 apply unless superseded here.
> Modes: All mode
> Sections: SF,.SO & M
> Exchange: RS(T), Serial no starting at 001 in each session, IARU
> locator, Postcode district.
> Scoring: QSO with UK station: 5 points. QSO with non-UK station: 1
> point. No distance points.
> Multipliers: Total postcode districts worked. The rules for postcode
> district multipliers are as per the general rules. There are no
> country multipliers and no locator square multipliers.
> Overall tabulation: As general rule S5 – submit logs for all the
> sessions you operate in, your best 3 sessions from 4 compared with the
> other entries will count.
> Awards: Certificates for leading station and runner up in each
> section, and for the leading station from each UK country in each
> section. "
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 08/05/2009, DAVID BUTLER <g4asr at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Peter,
>>
>> But activity has moved on - actually considerably dropped off - since
>> those
>> 2M UK Cumulatives were stopped.
>>
>> We now need a 'national' contest to encourage low power newcomers and
>> others
>> to participate in vhf contesting.
>>
>> Maintain the 2M UKAC  and  have a series of of 144MHz (& higher) National
>> Contests.
>>
>> 73 David G4ASR
>> VHF Manager, RSGB
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Peter Bowyer <peter at bowyer.org>
>> To: "uk-contest at contesting.com" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Friday, 8 May, 2009 10:09:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Domineering VHF Contest Stations
>>
>> That'll be the 2m UK Cumulatives, which I wrote the rules for prior to
>> their introduction in 1999-ish. They featured 3 points per UK contact,
>> 1 point per non-UK contact, with postcode multipliers (hence no mults
>> for non-UK contacts).
>>
>> They ran for 2 or 3 years, suffered from severe lack of support, and
>> were superceded by the 2m UKACs which were timed to overlap with the
>> NAC and other European events to capitalise on the activity already
>> present in near-Eu.
>>
>> You can't win 'em all, clearly.
>>
>> Peter G4MJS
>>
>>
>
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