[UK-CONTEST] RSGB CC and SCCs

[Ed -- GW3SQX]

The Contest Committee will be discussing next year's calendar this 
Sunday, when we have a face-to-face meeting.  As a general rule, we 
announce contest dates in advance, but in some cases say that particular 
contest rules are under review.  Many dates are already fixed, 
particularly on HF (and for IARU events on VHF), because of 
international considerations, but others can be more variable.  We will 
try to get the 2012 calendars out a bit earlier this year.

Among other topics, we will also look at the question of special calls 
(GR, for example), so that we can be better prepared if and when new 
calls are announced. As you can imagine, the robot and adjudication 
software are not geared up to associate GR9XXX with G9XXX, and things 
would have to be changed again if GF9XXX became a legal prefix, for 
example.  Most of us reading this reflector can work out what is allowed 
in general rules, or know to ask for advice, but the folks who enter the 
UKAC and 80m CCs are frequently newcomers, and not connected to 
mainstream contesting.  They need encouraging without too much 
feather-bedding.

At the moment, the HF and VHF rules on special calls are different, 
which ought to be clarified. Of course, there are good reasons for this, 
in that it can be seen as an "unfair" advantage on HF to be using a 
special prefix, which the GR prefix illustrates.  And we have to accept 
that there are likely to be all sorts of unusual prefixes available for 
the Olympics, some (all?) of which will probably give no indication of 
the "country" (or entity) for DXCC and contesting purposes.  Add to this 
the rules on SCCs, which even Ofcom are not always clear about, and we 
have a couple of matters to discuss!

73,

Ed, GW3SQX
Chairman, RSGB Contest Committee


On 08/05/2011 20:04, Roger Cooke wrote:
> HI David.
>
>    Yes, it does make things difficult. I don't see why the dates cannot be
> arranged much sooner than they are.
>
> Hopefully Ed will be reading this and try to get them sorted sooner this year!
>
>
>
> Regards from Roger, G3LDI
> Swardeston, Norfolk.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David G3YYD<g3yyd at btinternet.com>
> To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
> Sent: Sun, 8 May, 2011 15:17:13
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB CC tests 2012
>
> Roger
>
> If I remember rightly last year the next year HF contest calendar was
> issued in the Autumn. An earlier date would be better for my club.
>
> 73 David G3YYD
>
>
> On 08/05/2011 13:51, Roger Cooke wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>>     Does anybody know how soon the dates for the 2012 events are planned? I
> know
>> that at my age I am tempting
>> providence, but as Club Programme Sec for NARC I organise Club events around
>> the
>> CC tests for obvious reasons!!
>>
>>     I have a few events pending for 2012 and would like to fix them ASAP.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards from Roger, G3LDI
>> Swardeston, Norfolk.
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