[WriteLog] beru / rsgb commonwealth contest update

Ian White, G3SEK G3SEK at ifwtech.co.uk
Sun Mar 14 00:08:54 EST 2004


Steve Woodruff wrote:
>Whoops.  that's what i get for releasing a fix on the same weekend as 
>the contest.  BERU should use this one instead.  Any version prior to 
>1.0.0.3 is not going to score some calls correctly.
>
>http://wlmods.n9oh.com/RSGBC_WL_1.0.0.3.exe
>
>VE1OP mentioned that VA3DX was not scored for points. I checked the 
>RSGB site for valid commonwealth call prefixes and VA* is not listed on 
>the online list:
>
>http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/information/codes.shtml
>
>So either the list is wrong.... or I can't read right.
>:)
>
The list refers to "call areas", not prefixes, so it's the *name* of the 
geographical entity that counts. For example, VA3DX and VE3EJ are both 
in Ontario, and the call area of "Ontario" is the counter for the 
contest..



-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK


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