[UK-CONTEST] The contest "exchange"....

[Dave Sergeant]

On 7 Oct 2010 at 6:44, John G3LZQ wrote:

> We used to have "Worked all
> British Counties" until government start
> tinkering.
> 
> So I am working on HISTORIC COUNTIES for
> starters. 

GQRP did actually run an award for working the pre-1972 counties during 
2008. It didn't get that many entries, and although I had a little 
dabble I did't actually enter as the rules stipulated 2W or less (on 
80m CW). The main problem I had was identifying what old counties 
stations were in - largely QSOs made during the CCs. The GW and GM 
counties were the worst in this respect, with counties like Ross and 
Cromarty. Obviously for a contest this would be sent as a code in the 
exchange, but many newer licencees would have no idea what old county 
they used to be in, as many changed boundaries several times.

Good fun for a one off, don't think it would work as a regular contest. 
WAB is far more understandable - or SOTA, but there aren't many contest 
operators on SOTA summits!

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com