[UK-CONTEST] Short Contest calls

Tue Oct 2 06:57:21 EDT 2012

Bob The clue is in the word CONTEST. 73 Clive GM3POI

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Harrison [mailto:robharrison at g8hgn.freeserve.co.uk] 
Sent: 02 October 2012 10:51
To: Clive GM3POI; 'UK Contest'
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Short Contest calls

Hi,

Dropping the report, shorter calls, where are we heading? I know you want to

make more QSO's in contests, but if you send virtually nothing, well what's 
the point of it all??

Maybe contests should have sections for length of calls rather than at 
present. Or should it be characters, as G3E would complain G4E had an 
advantage in dits over dahs!

73

Bob G8HGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive GM3POI" <gm3poi2 at btinternet.com>
To: "'UK Contest'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:16 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Short Contest calls

> Hi All,
> It is now 16 years since short calls were first made available. To
> date 33 individual and a total of about 180 calls have been issued out of
> 520 available.
> Is it not now well overdue  that we now  be allowed to use these
> callsigns in ANY Contest. Listening on the bands in any smaller contests
> shows the regular use in other Countries of short calls.
> I am sure that Ofcom would be open to such a request, and it should
> be routine for the CC to encourage their use in in Many of  their 
> Contests.
> I cannot see the point of holding a contest call that you cannot use
> in any Contest.
> 73 Clive GM3POI
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