[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 2ND 1.8Mhz Contest.

[Chairman, RSGB Contest Committee]

Hello Brian,

Sometimes specific contest rules repeat clauses from the General Rules, 
so as to reinforce a point.  This is the situation with rule (9), which 
does have a purpose, that is, to prevent people making skeds on other 
bands, and before the contest.  That's unlikely to happen in this 
particular contest, so I think we can remove this and one or two other 
unnecessarily repeated rules, which we'll do next year.

In some cases, the General Rules do not apply, for example, in the IOTA 
contest.  Many entrants, particularly from outside the UK, don't read 
(or even know about) the General Rules.  The idea for IOTA is that it's 
better to have all the rules explicitly set out in one place, 
particularly for the benefit of non English-speaking contesters -- 
probably the majority in this contest.

73,

Ed Taylor, GW3SQX
Chairman, RSGB Contest Committee

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On 2011-11-16 07:33, brian coyne wrote:
> This is a single band, single mode contest, so could someone explain the reason and necessity for rule 9.
>   
> (9)  Schedules (skeds) may be made during, but not before the contest, and using only frequencies specified in rule (4))
>   
> 73 Brian 5B4AIZ..
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