[UK-CONTEST] Re; 144MHz Marconi Memorial - G3LET

[Dave Sergeant]

On 10 Nov 2009 at 2:02, Peter Hobbs wrote:

> Ah, I see, thanks for that Steve.  Worse than updating a NATO STANAG. 
> And another contribution to the demise of V/UHF activity and contesting,
> for sure.  I've just had the pleasure of reviewing the 166 page Region 1
> VHF Managers Handbook hosted on the VHFCC website
> (www.rsgb.org/vhf/VHF_Handbook_V5_35.pdf) - what a load of pompous
> twaddle, quite unbelievable.

Firstly you will find it rather easier at the proper link:
http://www.rsgbcc.org/vhf/VHF_Handbook_V5_35.pdf
And I notice that this doesn't seem linked anywhere from the rest of 
the site. I do see though that it still has the old out of date link 
for Minos (should be http://minos.berlios.de).

I don't want to get into any arguments over standards, but that 
particular document is for the VHF/UHF committee of the IARU and has 
almost nothing to do with contesting. You cannot compare the two 
documents as the HF one is ONLY about contesting.

As for log standards, Cabrillo was developed in the USA, where the 
format of VHF/UHF contests is totally different from over here. Whereas 
Cabrillo (hardly a standard itself) is appropriate for our HF contests 
it is not really useable for our VHF ones. I know that some on the 
committee have very strong views on this, it won't change...

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com