[UK-CONTEST] Club Calls

[Rob - G4LMW]

Paul

Listening last night, everyone was exchanging (and presumably recording) the 
FULL club name.

The abbreviated names are there just to get around the limitations of the 
various loggers, that only permit 20 characters in the relevant field.

73, Rob
G4LMW
http://www.G4LMW.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Club Calls


> On 14/11/2010 13:28, geoff plucknett wrote:
>> This contest has its own particular challenges
>
>> The way ahead for logging is therefore many fold;
>
>
> It seems to me this contest has been compromised
> by suggesting Preferred Club Names as an integral
> part of the rules.  In effect, it means entrants
> no longer have to copy and/or log exactly what was
> sent, they just have to identify the Club and log
> the preferred abbreviation - assuming, of course,
> something other than the preferred abbreviation
> was sent in the first place.
>
> Once abbreviations are permitted, the original intent
> goes out the window, and you might as well use more
> efficient (shorter) abbreviations - then all contest
> loggers could support this event.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
>
>
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