[UK-CONTEST] Short Contest Calls.

[Don Field]

That was then Brian.

But I am puzzled by Clive's posting. As an ex-law enforcement officer,
Clive knows that there must be some sort of framework. Asking for the use
of SCCs for "all contests" is meaningless (and, in any case, this isn't the
place to ask for it). What are "all contests". Does it include US State QSO
Parties? Does it include the FOC Marathon or QSO Parties (which are not
actually billed as contests)? Does it include the GM3POI memorial contest,
which runs all year on all bands (or could)?

So, either it becomes a general vanity call (which, in effect, is what has
happened in Scandinavia and elsewhere) or there has to be some sort of
definition. Which there already is - in the past the question has been
asked "What contests should be on the list". As far as I know, modern-day
OFCOM has never refused any (frankloy, they wouldn't know one from
another). So if Clive wanted, say, the Stew Perry events, the Oceania
contest or whatever, I suspect he only has to ask (the appropriate
person(s)).

The only other consideration is that, I am led to understand (and SJJ may
well recall), that there was a concern about allowing SCCs in domestic HF
events would not go down well with the more casual entrants who didn't
want, or didn't have, SCCs. Whether that argument still applies, who knows?

Don G3XTT

On 2 October 2012 16:56, brian coyne <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> It never did make sense to me why the scc's were limited to major contests
>
> I don't recall how the Regulator was named in those days but I do know
> that RSGB had to go cap in hand and tugging at the forelock to ask the
> slightest favour.
>
> Maybe RSGB (HFCC) thought that was the most they dare ask for! Chris (SJJ)
> may know the answer to that one.
>
> 73  Brian 5B4AIZ.
>
>
> > 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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