[UK-CONTEST] Proposed change to UK Activity Contest

[Peter Bowyer]

2009/10/21 Ray James <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Hi all,
>
> Some good viewpoints exchanged which I've followed when able but other tasks including last nights UK Activity Contest on 23cm took up my time.
>
> My suggestion for a UK only square multiplier in UKAC's is not about seeking advantage for any particular part of the UK but to make the contest more competitive, interesting, challenging and appealing for operators throughout the UK.

A very valid objective. But I think we should go back to review the
aims of this series. It has 2 'parents'...

1. The 'UK Cumulatives' series, which ran for a few years, moderately
successfully, which had a specific objective to encourage intra-UK
activity - lower points for non-UK QSOs.

2. The 'NAC' and its friends - which encourage QSOs throughout Eu.

Our UK-favoured rules were seen as quaint and parochial, and were
abandoned when the UKAC concept was introduced.

So... do we want to play our part in encouraging cross-Eu activity, or
do we want to go back to encouraging intra-UK activity? I can't see
how we could easily do both.

Peter G4MJS


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