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

[Les Elliott]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sharred" <g3nkc at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "'John G3LZQ'" <johndunnington at johndunnington.karoo.co.uk>; "'Nigel 
G3TXF'" <nigel at G3TXF.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] The contest "exchange"....


> 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,


Good guess, Dave
There are 17,767 'dry squares' with a few possible small islands extra.
(List available)


> 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
>
>


HA Happy New Year,  TOEC WW GRID,(seems to have 'died')  TARA GRID DIP,  EPC 
PSK and SARA Spring Sprint use it, it's also part of the exchange for the 
Czech 'MOON' series of contests.

Sorry for the late post.......bin on hol.

Les, G4OGB