[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2011 write up

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Very well done Dave and everyone else in QRP
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73 de M0XDF

On 13 Jul 2011, at 15:37, Dave Sergeant wrote:

> On 13 Jul 2011 at 15:12, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
> 
>> that means it's using my ip address to determine where I am I think -
>> very smart!
> 
> Geolocation..... In my case it shows High Wycombe and Glasgow, no sign 
> of Bracknell. O2 IP addresses normally resolve to Slough, so it got it 
> wrong. I don't have geolocation enabled in my browser, and since I have 
> wireless turned off in the router there will be nothing in Google's 
> data to identify my exact locations. Those who get it spot on should be 
> a bit concerned.
> 
> I would comment on the results that that I could see no mention 
> anywhere of the QRP certificate (rule 9(f)). A quick look indicates 
> that G3LHJ won this this year with myself in second place - under the 
> conditions we QRP boys need particular praise!
> 
> 73 Dave G3YMC
> 
> http://www.davesergeant.com
> 
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