[UK-CONTEST] NFD

[G4LMW]

I seem to recall that RadCom used to have something along the lines of "the 
latest licence issued is G4XYZ and G8ABC". Not a list but an indication of 
where we were up to.

Wouldn't be any good now, since calls are issued out of sequence.

Rob, G4LMW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Burden" <peter.burden at gmail.com>
To: "M0RXX" <stuart at m0rxx.me.uk>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>; "Ken Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] NFD


>A quick check gives licence classes A 70.6%, I 8.8% and F 20.6%, looking at
> the submitted logs for the latest UKAC 432 (a contest that interests me)
> breakdown by licence class is A 91.1%, I 5.4%, F 3.6% so, yes, foundation
> class is under-represented.
>
> Could be a result of equipment restrictions or foundation class operating
> club stations and I imagine few foundation class licence holders would 
> have
> 432 MHz SSB gear.
>
> I certainly support any suggestion that more prominence should be given to
> foundation class people that submit logs - but please not yet another
> section. Descriptive accounts of "the contest experience" could also whet
> appetites.
>
> BTW Ken I can't remember Radcom (or the Bull) regularly listing newly
> issued licences, SWM used to do that when I was first licensed (1965) but
> only in response to such people writing in.
>
> On 21 March 2012 23:22, M0RXX <stuart at m0rxx.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Ken
>> Look at the CC results M3, M6 and MM6's things are looking up.
>>
>> Stuart Southern.
>>
>> Radio Amateur. M0RXX
>> First Aid Saves Lives.
>>
>> Think - If a Cardiac Arrest happened where you are now - where would the
>> nearest AED be?
>>
>> AEDs save lives..."The Resuscitation Council (UK) strongly recommends the
>> implementation of early defibrillation. Increased provision of early
>> defibrillation through the widespread deployment of AEDs is now 
>> considered
>> a realistic strategy for reducing mortality from cardiac arrest due to
>> ischaemic heart disease."
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 21 Mar 2012, at 21:30, Ken Eastty <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> >   But the excitement in NFD should surely come primarily from 
>> > operating.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > Too late for that Dave....
>> >
>> > "CW skimmer like technology (eg. MixW) is permitted as a CW reader to
>> > allow non-CW literate operators to participate",
>> >
>> > Stick up the antenna, Switch on the rig, Hook up the Laptop & go down
>> > the pub, sounds good to me, I also thought that
>> > NFD was about CW operating.
>> >
>> > From recent contest results I get the impression that very few new Full
>> > licencees take part in contests but it's hard to be sure as I don't 
>> > have
>> > a recent edition of the Callbook, once upon a time current callsigns
>> > being issued were published regularly in Radcom perhaps it's time for
>> > this to be reinstated.
>> > What is noticeable is that very few M3 & 2E/M/W calls appear in the
>> > results of the main RSGB contests either on HF or VHF
>> > possibly as a result of being restricted to 10 or 50W. Separate awards
>> > for operators in these classes might encourage a few more of them to
>> > participate..
>> >
>> > 73...
>> >
>> > Ken
>> >
>> > G3LVP
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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