[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contest Committee

[Tom Wylie]

Yes, I disagree - why do we need to shorten the exchange anyway Paul,
just so we can make 50 more QSOs?????  What really is the point?



Tom

GM4FDM

On 08/08/2010 12:46, Paul O'Kane wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Cook G4PIQ"<g4piq at btinternet.com>
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>> RST adds structure and makes us look a little less
>> ridiculous to non-contesters.
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> I'd suggest that it's precisely the meaningless
> exchange of 59(9) in IOTA and other major HF
> contests that makes us look ridiculous to non-
> contesters and to many VHF+ contesters?
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> Does anyone disagree?
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> As for structure, we all know that when we call
> another station and hear our callsign, we expect
> to have to log whatever comes after the callsign.
> None of us needs extra time to get ready - we are
> contesters, and the Sprints have already shown
> that "what you don't expect, you don't miss".
>
> At the risk of stating the obvious, the only way
> to shorten the IOTA exchange is to remove one or
> more of the exchange elements.
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> The IOTA Reference has to stay because it affects
> points and multipliers.  The leaves 5NN or Serial
> to be dropped - and why drop an element that has
> to be copied on-air, and can't be pre-filled by
> logging software?
>
> Here's what the structure of an IOTA QSO would
> look like.
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> Me:    EI5DI TEST
> You:   G2XYZ
> Me:    G2XYZ 091 EU115  (you log 091 EU115)
> You:   026 EU5          (I log 026 EU5)
> Me:    TU EI5DI
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> A change too far?  Hardly!
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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