[VHFcontesting] vucc

[Eugene Zimmerman]

Hi Frank

It's now a circle with a RADIUS of 200 km. Not any other shape but a CIRCLE.

The VUCC distance rule used to be anywhere within your own grid square OR 
within a 50 km radius circle if outside your grid square. It was clearly 
unfair and illogical that the distance depended on being in your own grid 
square. The new present rule is a 200 km radius circle to conform with the 
longest average distance between the corners of a grid square ~129 miles or 
~200 km. 200 km is chosen to be a round number.

I had been agitating - without success - essentially since VUCC started 25 
years ago to do away with the original distance rule. Now finally that has 
happened. We should be thankful for small favors.

73  Gene W3ZZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "frank bechdoldt" <k3uhf at hotmail.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:36 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] vucc


>I drew out what ones field to work others in under the 200km rule. You 
>would basicly form a triangle with round edges where all the points you 
>opperated would all be within the 200 km per side triangle. the triangle 
>with the round sides looks more like a guitar pick. however your triangle 
>could easily turn into a trapa zoid if one of the points isnt really 200km 
>from the other 2.
>
> Basicly you need to plot your hilltops on a map and find the pattern best 
> for you.
>
> k3uhf
>
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