[UK-CONTEST] Club Calls

[Rob - G4LMW]

Thanks Peter

Indeed, a multitude of club names are used during the contest, even within 
different operators of the same station!

The purpose of the adjudication is to confirm that the QSO took place and 
that the clubs of both users was exchanged to the point that it was 
understood by both parties.

To this extent, yes, I can confirm that irrespective of what club name was 
ACTUALLY given, the list provided will be accepted. However, be mindful of 
small variances that are  genuinely a different club to those listed. Again, 
I also emphasise that the list was derived from the actual exchanges given 
last year, so it is not exhaustive.

73, Rob
G4LMW
http://www.G4LMW.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hobbs" <peter at tilgate.co.uk>
To: "Rob - G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Club Calls


> Rob
>
> Many thanks for this very welcome and helpful info/news.  I note that the 
> full name is to be exchanged but the abbreviated form is to be logged.  In 
> some cases,  various versions of club titles have been exchanged from time 
> to time, so can you please clarify that the abbreviated title listed in 
> the referenced file will be accepted, irrespective of the actual form of 
> words used by the operator in the exchange?
>
> 73 - Peter G3LET
> Horsham ARC
>
> Rob - G4LMW wrote:
>
>>Calling all Club Calls entrants............
>>
>>The Club Calls contest takes place this Saturday (details here: 
>>http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2009/rclubcalls.shtml)
>>
>>In order to automate the adjudication as much as possible, QSO details 
>>need to match in both logs - including the club names. Since many logging 
>>programs cannot cope with more than 25 or so characters, we have devised a 
>>standard list of club names to be used in the logs. The list can be found 
>>here: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/clubcalls.xls. It is quite likely that you 
>>will log clubs that do not appear on this list. In these cases, try and 
>>follow the naming convention used for the other clubs.
>>
>>The abbreviation needs to be used for both your logged club name and that 
>>of the contacted station within each line of the cabrillo.
>>
>>NOTE!!!..... FULL clubs names are still to be exchanged during the QSO.
>>
>>Please also note the cabrillo format 
>>(http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/formats/Clubcall.txt), in particular, the order 
>>of the QSO information and the use of "Member", "Club" or "None" (not "M", 
>>"C" etc). Most of the logging software packages fit this standard in any 
>>case.
>>
>>Logs will not be rejected for failure to comply with these requests but 
>>publication of the results is likely to be delayed.
>>
>>With your help, we should be able to turn out the results in a timely 
>>fashion (though not quite as quickly as for the CCs or Sprints!).
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Rob Thomson
>>G4LMW
>>Adjudicator, Club Calls Contest
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