[UK-CONTEST] RoPoCo vs Pond Dipping

[Roger Cooke]

Hi Y'all.

  Sorry, not able to do this RoPoCo due to the presence of my 8 year-old 
Grandson, who thought 

that pond dipping was much more interesting.  

  Yes, I have tried getting him to learn CW, waste of time!

However, if YOU think that we could use more CW ops, why not volunteer to do a 
session each week
with the GB2CW project? We could use more volunteers to gain more perfect 
logs....

 
Regards from Roger, G3LDI
Swardeston, Norfolk.




----- Original Message ----
From: Stewart Rolfe <gw0etf at btinternet.com>
To: Pete Lindsay <psl at plcg.org>
Cc: UK-Contest <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, 1 August, 2010 15:24:40
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Friendly spaces in the Ropoco post codes

Personally Pete I wasn't implying any criticism of the robot here. As soon as I 
read the bounce messages I had one of those 'doh!' moments and realised I was 
just trying to be too clever. Anyway it's impossible to  predict where the space 
'should' go in practice since some codes have 2, others 3 numbers; plus the fact 
that I'm not recording what is actually sent.

As regards your comments on qso rate.....what rate? - speaking personally again 
ofcourse.

73,

Stewart GW0ETF 

--- On Sun, 1/8/10, Pete Lindsay <psl at plcg.org> wrote:

> From: Pete Lindsay <psl at plcg.org>
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Friendly spaces in the Ropoco post codes
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, 1 August, 2010, 12:23
> All HF contests have a Cabrillo
> template, these are defined on the CC web site.
> The template for RoPoCo does not include a space in the
> postcode. The
> Cabrillo log standard uses white spaces as separators
> between the
> columns. This restricts the logging format somewhat and
> means you
> can't have a space in a logged field. I didn't invent
> Cabrillo, so
> don't blame the messenger (or the robot!). Cabrillo is
> necessary only
> as a "standard" so that your logging software and the
> adjudication
> software can talk the same language. The robot just makes
> sure that
> you are using the correct template.
> If you want to slow down your QSO rate, there is absolutely
> no reason
> when you can't use as many spaces as you like when you send
> your
> postcode, this has nothing to do with the format of
> Cabrillo.
> Also, there is also no reason an SSB operator should ever
> pause for
> breath (at least not when the TX light is on) ;-)
> 
> Pete, G4CLA, RSGB CC robot admin.
> 
> On 1 August 2010 12:02, David Cree <daveg3tbk at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > Stewart,
> >
> > I've always thought the (correctly positioned) space
> is part of the post
> > code - I've never encountered a post code without
> one!
> >
> > If this contest is meant to be a test of accuracy why
> do we have to
> > start off by corrupting our own code? Just so that the
> robot will accept it?
> >
> > It will be interesting to see if participants in SSB
> Ropoco (awful idea)
> > pause for breath after the first part of the code.
> >
> > Seemed to be even less on than usual this morning. I
> vote for a later
> > start - if that's thought OK for SSB then why not try
> it for CW?
> >
> > Tin hat fitted
> > 73 Dave G3TBK
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