[UK-CONTEST] The contest "exchange".... CQ FIELD Award

[Mike Farmer]

The Makrothen RTTY this weekend (9/10 Oct) uses the first 4 digitd og the
Locator as the complete exchange ie no RST just Locator!!

Mike
G3VAO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sharred" <g3nkc at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: "'John G3LZQ'" <johndunnington at johndunnington.karoo.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] The contest "exchange".... CQ FIELD Award


> Thanks to John and Dez for G3WW for pointing out that such an award
exists..
>
>
http://cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_dx_awards/cq_dx_field_award/cq_dx_f
> ield_award.html
>
> Such a dope; even my logging programme supports it !
>
> But I know of no contest then that uses this in their exchange?
>
> 73
>
> Dave
> G3NKC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Sharred [mailto:g3nkc at yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: 07 October 2010 22:35
> To: 'John G3LZQ'; 'Nigel G3TXF'; 'uk-contest at contesting.com'
> Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] The contest "exchange"....
>
> Hi John;
>
> Been out tonight; but will take a look !!!
>
> I didn't know if I was being contentious; but, Knowing that QRA locators
> seem to have at least established themselves on QSL cards; It did get me
> wondering whether this could for a super elite award; since there are so
> many locators to work !
>
> It would eclipse  DXCC AND IOTA !!!
>
> Large squares (eg  IO)  account for 342 options including Wet Squares
> (haven't worked out how many dry squares there are); Short form (IO91)
then
> multiplies this by 100 - 34,200 !!!  Even if half of these were wet
Squares,
> that is one huge number!!  I guess it would be an award with no end; but
> anyone at the top truly has a lifetime achievement. And your QSO's don't
> become deleted because an entity changes status!!!
>
> It would enable QRA short form to be a perfectly acceptable contest
exchange
> too; for ANY contest// National Societies to adopt !
>
> See - I wasn't joking !!
>
> 73
>
> Dave
>
>
> PS - I know a lot about the Worked all Chip shops, which was an anti-award
> "joke" by some of the folk in the Midlands in the late 1970's!! Was a bit
of
> fun !!!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John G3LZQ [mailto:johndunnington at johndunnington.karoo.co.uk]
> Sent: 07 October 2010 07:45
> To: Dave Sharred; 'Nigel G3TXF'; uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] The contest "exchange"....
>
> Nigel/Dave you have just shot an arrow
> through my W.I.P. on a new award for the very reasons you mentioned...UK
> Contests HF and others involving stations outside the UK need a long term
> goal. We used to have "Worked all British Counties" until government start
> tinkering.
>
> So I am working on HISTORIC COUNTIES for starters. We could end up with
> something to rival the US Counties Award. I have lots of loose ends to tie
> up before submission for approval.
>
> http://www.abcounties.co.uk/
>
> Lots of really interesting stuff on the web and available in electronic
> form.
>
> 73
>
> John G3LZQ
>
>
>
>