[UK-CONTEST] 144 UKAC

[John Lemay]

Adrian

 

Let me pick up on another point that you raised - "less JO squares seemed to
be active - I wonder why?"

 

These UK activity contests use an M5 squares multiplier, a (relatively) new
innovation. It means that the contest multiplier is made up of all the UK
squares that are worked, such as IO84, JO01, IO91 etc, but stations from
abroad such as JO22 do not count to the multiplier, just the cumulative km
total.

 

Let us suppose (we have to start somewhere) that a station can work his/her
own square and all the immediately adjacent squares, plus the adjacent
squares to those. Potentially there is a multiplier of 25 squares.

 

But, for us in JO01, that potential multiplier is less because some adjacent
squares are wet or abroad. In fact my own maximum multiplier from JO01 is
just 13. From IO83 the maximum multiplier is 23 on the same basis.

 

I enjoy taking part and winning is not everything, but I do not take part
unless I see less bias in the rules.

 

Regards

 

John G4ZTR

 

 

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Sent: 06 June 2012 20:41
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Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 144 UKAC

 

Hi all

I entered the 144MHz UKAC Contest last night, mainly to check out the
kit for Sunday's PW contest.

I used to operate in the UKAC contests a few years ago, but work has
taken me away from home Monday - Friday so unless by fluke, accident or
in this case a bank holiday, I don't operate in these contests. My entry
is not a serious entry as I probably won't be able to compete again this
year, in the UKAC contests.

I must say that there does seem to be a lot more activity from the
central parts of GB this time around. Less JO squares seemed to be
active. I wonder why ?

Anyway I pondered an interesting question during my weekly 250 mile
commute to work, a question which is probably about rubber clocking....

So I commenced a contact with F1VNR/P, 30 seconds before the contest
finished. He called me.

I commenced logging the contact but didn't complete the details until
about 1 minute 30 seconds after the contest finished, hitting the enter
key as I did.

(Clearly I was past the finish time, but it was a new square for me this
year and loosing points isn't an issue).

However if I pressed the enter key at the start of the QSO (30 seconds
before the end) and then edited the so logged QSO, would that count as a
valid QSO? After all the QSO start time & finish time used to be the
paper logs.

At what point is a QSO logged, and credit given for, in a contest?

As an amusing aside, a local G8 (I think) called me after I completed
the contact to say I was past the contest finish time, according to his
atomic clock that is. (I resisted asking did he have an atomic rooster
to go with....).

This isn't a serious entry for me so I am not bothered about loosing points.

73

Adrian MW1LCR

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