[UK-CONTEST] General Rules

[Peter Bowyer]

Ray

I don't think anyone's mentioned yet that the reason for requiring a
fixed station entry to be from the licensee's address was to prevent
the use of a club station in 'S' sections - something that started
happening during my time on the CC. It was felt that the 'S' sections
should be restricted to individual operators using their home
stations, and that club stations, which by their nature are the
product of many peoples' efforts, should be entered in 'M' or 'O'
sections.

The use of a contest call in S sections was discussed at length at the
time, and was considered OK.

Peter G4MJS

On 8 February 2010 10:03, Ray Hills <g3hrh at btinternet.com> wrote:
> My (innocent?) enquiry has sparked off a usefu;l debate, with  opinion
> seeming to be that some clarification is needed.  I can see that where there
> are separate sections  in a contest it is (possibly) necessary to use a
> suffix indicating which section the station is in.  And there the only
> distinction appears to be between fixed and (truly) portable.  Operating as
> a "guest" at another QTH still falls in the fixed section and should require
> no
> distinction.  But my original question really related to 144AC where the
> only categories are by power and antenna used.  All it really needs is a
> rule for the
> 144AC that General Rule 3(b) does not apply.  Incidentally that rule is not
> logical as stations using a special contest call are not required to use the
> /P suffix so they are not identified to a section of the contest.  Surely
> this is a situation where common sense and usual practice should apply?  I
> suggest that signing /P from a fixed station using e.g. AC power is not
> usual practice or even sensible.
>
> Ray G3HRH
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