[VHFcontesting] vucc

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] vucc


>    I think people are making this too complicated.  Draw a 
> circle of 200 kilometers in _diameter_ (100 kilometers radius),
> centered on your home QTH or somewhere else, and that's the 
> footprint inside of which you can make QSOs for a single VUCC 
> award.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 04:15:29PM -0800, Eric Smith wrote:
>> Actually, the "pie slice" shape would be more technically
>> correct as Frank, K3UHF pointed out earlier.  The Absolute
>> Max. distance between home and QTH#1 is 200 Km, and the DX
>> to QTH #2, three, etc. could be no more than 200Km away
>> from home or QTH#1...  just to be safe.  To draw this on a
>> map, dig out the divider and scale, place pivot of divider
>> at home QTH.  Spread divider to 200Km scale, pick a point
>> to operate from.  Swing an arc 100km either side of the
>> point, (linear distance, but on the arc) draw lines from
>> these points on the arc back to home.  Everything inside
>> this space could be considered "safe"
>> for awards purposes, I think...
>> Eric
>> KB7DQH
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