[UK-CONTEST] Individual Short Contest Callsigns

[David G3YYD]

Interesting stuff. I note that a fair number of the issued short calls 
are not in the latest MASTER.DTA, which I am sure everyone knows is in 
effect a list of all those active in the major international HF 
contests. Surely not being in that list indicates not being a serious 
contester or contest club? This may be useful in assisting decision making?

David G3YYD
On 02/03/2010 11:09, Colin wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I think some perspective needs to be applied here.   As Ed has
> mentioned, the actual work of approving such callsigns lies with the
> Contest Committee, or more accurately a small sub-group of the CC.   The
> criteria suggested to Ofcom was in response to their concerns that a
> number of existing SCCs have never been used and if the existing
> criteria continued there would be a possibility of exhausting the
> series.   As an aside there was also a concern within the Radio
> Licensing Centre that they would be overwhelmed by hundreds of
> applications and it took some time to dissuade them of this thought.
> What we do not want are "callsign wallpaper" collectors who have no
> intention of using SCCs and thereby depriving genuine contesters of the
> possibility of holding such calls.
>
> The criteria agreed by the Ofcom lawyers are guidelines and I would
> suspect that existing _active_ SCC holders have nothing to worry about.
>     As with most matters of this nature a certain amount of common sense
> needs to be used in managing this programme.
>
> I have no doubt the criteria will be reviewed at forthcoming Ofcom/RSGB
> Forum meetings.
>
> 73
>
> Colin, G3PSM
>
> On 02/03/2010 10:37, Nigel G3TXF wrote:
>    
>> Hello UK Contesters,
>>
>> There's already a strong whirl-wind around these SCC
>> proposals. I expect that it could soon turn into quite a
>> storm!
>>
>> One further (small) thought: If the Three As Contest Group's
>> long held M5A callsign is summarily chopped at the end of
>> the year and then later re-assigned to some other lucky
>> group, will I then be able to sell him my stock of unused
>> M5A QSLs? I do hope so.
>>
>> 73 - Nigel G3TXF
>> Three As Contest Group : G0AAA and M5A.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Stewart Rolfe
>> Sent: 02 March 2010 09:23
>> To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Individual Short Contest Callsigns
>>
>> --- On Mon, 1/3/10, Ed - GW3SQX<g3sqx at edtaylor.org>   wrote:
>>
>>
>>      
>>> (6)  If I use my club's SCC as a single operator, does
>>>
>>>        
>> this qualify?
>>
>>      
>>> The answer ought to be "yes", but Ofcom are a bit
>>>
>>>        
>> resistant.  After
>>
>>      
>>> all, if I go to GW8GT and operate single-operator, I am
>>>
>>>        
>> using a
>>
>>      
>>> shortish club call, but it is a genuine single-op entry,
>>>
>>>        
>> and will
>>
>>      
>>> count in my SCC application.
>>>
>>>        
>> When our club applied for a SCC recently it was with a view
>> to individual members being able to use it in addition to
>> club multi-op operations; nothing on the hfcc web site
>> indicates this as 'abuse' as some have suggested.
>>
>> So the above means a member can cite a score with a club SCC
>> in support of that individual's SCC application but not as
>> support to maintain the existing club short call? Seems
>> odd.....
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
>>
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