[UK-CONTEST] 2011 VHF Contest Calendar

[Rob Harrison]

Andy,

My reply seems to be still in cyberspace.

Bob G8HGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Cook, G4PIQ" <g4piq at btinternet.com>
To: "'UK Contesting'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 2011 VHF Contest Calendar


>
> 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-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [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>
> Cc: <ukmicrowaves at yahoogroups.com>; <gmbeacon at yahoogroups.com>
> 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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