[UK-CONTEST] RSGB DX Contest Update

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Peter Hobbs wrote:
>
>Excellent!  Well, nearly excellent, but many thanks for taking account 
>of all the input from this reflector.
>
>I'd still like to see 24 hours available, with 12 or 18 hours counting, 
>otherwise there isn't much point including 80m, at least for overseas 
>participants.  This concept used to be a pain to administer, but the 
>new adjudication engine as used for BERU should be able to police with 
>the mandated gap between sessions.
>
There's a lot to be said for the BERU system, with separate 24 and 12 
hour sections. It doesn't work to have 24 hours "available" unless some 
people are operating the full 24 hours to guarantee activity and DX.

The 12 hour section isn't just about allowing people to work around 
their personal operating restrictions (antennas and free time). It also 
creates a game of strategy with a big advantage for people who actually 
understand propagation.

>Finally, 5 days remains too short a time to submit logs for a 
>substantial proportion of the target audience.  I see no justification 
>for not allowing hardworking participants some time over the following 
>weekend.
>
There are two separate things going on here. One is a very good 
suggestion for a new contest, being developed by genuine consultation 
and discussion (right here, in the forum where the UK contesters already 
are, not in some contrived forum far away). Well done also to Chris and 
Clive for presenting a clear, concise rationale for every rule so that 
we can discuss the issues, not just the wording.

CC: *This* is how to get the UK contest community genuinely involved.

But Chris, Clive: please don't risk pulling a good proposal down by 
bundling in your much more personal views about "5 days", "599" and 
"penalties". These topics affect all other contests as well, so they 
need to be discussed quite separately. When (or if) they manage to gain 
general support, those rules can easily be added later.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
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