[UK-CONTEST] General Rules

[Roger Dixon]

Dave,
Don't forget VHF rule 3a.  "Stations entering a fixed station section or
contest must operate from permanent and substantial buildings located at the
main station address as shown on the licence validation document. The spirit
of the contest will be paramount." 

Roger - G4BVY

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sergeant
Sent: 07 February 2010 13:51
To: uK-Contest
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] General Rules

On 7 Feb 2010 at 13:34, Rob Harrison wrote:

> Seem to remember quite a few years ago the /A suffix was done away 
> with and there was only fixed & /P. However this seems to be blurred, 
> as stations are using /A and as you say the licence doesn't seem to 
> say otherwise. It was probably administrive, rather than operational. 
> Can anyone clarify this?
> 

No....

You are right in that for some years the old /A prefix was dropped and we
had to use /P to indicate we were away from the licence address (either
fixed or portable). But when the new license was drawn up recently /A was
reinstated, with its former meaning (but there seems to be confusion on what
the licence means by 'alternative address' and 'temporary location').

Basically as far as the licence is concerned the suffixes are optional but
RECOMMENDED - see note (d)

/A - 'Alternative address' away from the address on your licence but in a
building (usually but not always with mains electricity).
/P - Portable, ie in a field in a tent or on top of a hill in SOTA or
whatever.

Although no longer mandatory (but still recommended) if you are operating in
the portable section of the contest, or in of NFD and VHF NFD, you would be
pretty silly not to send the /P.

The VHF rules clearly need changing in this area. It should certainly be
possible to operate in the non-portable sections from a different address
and indicate so with a /A.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com

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