[UK-CONTEST] 2/70 contest

[Rob Harrison]

Hi,

Maybe 1 hour stints then, chose which to operate over the 24 hours adding up 
to 6 (or 8). Some stations may be able to operate on this basis where they 
can't do 3+3 or 6 at weekends. Something needs to be done to encourage more 
participation at weekends.

It's not surprising 2.5 hours on the same weekday evening (Tuesday) is 
popular. Stations can organise their life around that, but greater pressures 
come into play at weekends, and for many it's their only quality time. We're 
not all retired old fogies hopefully.

As for M5 in this one, I don't think so, UKAC is enough. As for 'KST yes for 
432 & up, there's enough activity at 144 not to need it. Might be 
interesting to use it for low power stations only.

73 Bob G8HGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <g8gsq72 at gmail.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:04 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 2/70 contest


> The problem with allowing any number of individual bits of operating
> adding up to 6 hours is defining when they start and end. You work
> someone at 00:30, then someone else at 01:10. Is that two periods of 2
> minutes each, or 40 minutes?
>
> As far as I know, there's no overall Eu tabulation for this contest.
>
> Steve
>
>
> GM4CXM wrote
>> I think Bob's suggestion of "any" 6 or 8 hour period in 24 would help
>> this and the October contest get more bums on seats but it needs
>> activity throughout the UK.
>>
>> One of the entrants has commented that it would benefit with the
>> inclusion of the popular M5 multiplier. The current method of scoring
>> enables UK scores to be included in the overall IARU results which
>> are probably of little or no interest to most UK operators.
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