[UK-CONTEST] 2011 VHF Contest Calendar

[Andy Cook, G4PIQ]

I think this is an interesting and imaginative compromise. 

It allows everyone to look for QSOs in all directions. I doesn't
un-reasonably dis-advantage the east coast stations - QSOs into Europe will
still count for points, but it does mean that East coast staions need to
make sure that they catch as many of the avaiable UK mults as possible and
so will need to spend more time beaming inland. It's not as if there is a
dearth of UK activity in these events.

Given the difficulty in writing rules to suit everyone all of this time, I
congratulate the committee on finding what looks like a reasonable way
through the marshes.

73,

Andy, G4PIQ

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rob Harrison
Sent: 20 November 2010 20:59
To: Ray James; UK Contesting
Cc: ukmicrowaves at yahoogroups.com; gmbeacon at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 2011 VHF Contest Calendar


Oh dear, looks like I'll being doing something else on Tuesday nights next 
year.

At least there's a low power section, but I can't enter that as I have 2 
antennas.

The Dxers section is a bit of a contradiction, as any DX worked outside the 
UK won't count for mult's.

Will stations in GD, GJ & GU be disadvantaged by the change. From 
Wikipedia:-The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are dependencies of the 
United Kingdom but not part of the UK or of the European Union. 
Collectively, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 
are known in UK law as the British Islands. The Republic of Ireland is a 
sovereign state formed from the portion of Ireland that seceded from the 
United Kingdom in 1922. Although part of the geographical British Isles,[7] 
it is no longer a part of the UK.

Sorry Ray I can't agree with your sentiments.

Bob G8HGN





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray James" <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "UK Contesting" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
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Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 2011 VHF Contest Calendar


>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 20/11/10, Ian Pawson <ian at pawson.f2s.com> wrote:
>
>> The 2011 VHF Contest Calendar is now
>> available on the RSGBCC web site
>> (www.rsgbcc.org)
>>
>>
>> Ian, G0FCT
>
>
> A number of changes have been made to the UK Activity Contests this 
> year.
>
> * In all UKACs Square multipliers will only count when the station 
> worked
> is located in the UK
>
> * A new Low Power section has been added to all UKACs
>
> * A new section aimed at DX'ers has been added to all UKACs below 
> 23cms.
> The active use of the DX cluster and chat rooms (E.g. ON4KST) will be 
> allowed in this section, but scores will not count towards a club total.
>
> * The 23cms and 13cms UKACs have been split. A new "13cms and above"
> contest will now run for 2 hours on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
>
> **********************************
>
> Hearty congratulations to Ed GW3SQX and all the contest committee.
>
> 73 Ray GM4CXM
>
>
>
>
>
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