DATE: SPECIAL ISSUE - 28th November 2016
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VHF Contest Committee announcement (by Andy G4PIQ)
After careful analysis, the VHF Contest Committee
(VHFCC) has made a number of decisions on rule changes for VHF contests
in 2017. The full details of each of these, including a trial change to
the scoring system, can be found on the Contest Committee website at www.rsgbcc.org/hf/information/vhfcc-2016survey-output.pdf
73,
Andy Cook, G4PIQ
Chair, RSGB VHF Contest Committee
g4piq@btinternet.com
New members for the Contest Support Committee Wanted (by Ian G0FCT)
The Contest Support Committee is
responsible for the adjudication of all RSGB contests and for
maintaining the RSGB Contesting Committees’ Website.
Currently, a number of volunteer adjudicator vacancies exist on the
Contest
Support Committee.
Typical duties include: adjudication of contests, preparing reports on
contest for publication on the Committee website, answering contest
related queries from entrants and assisting in the administration of
the trophies awarded to the contest winners.
All volunteers are expected to have access to a PC (Windows 7 or later
operating system) in order to use the bespoke software that is used to
adjudicate all RSGB contests. Most of Committee business is conducted
is conducted by email and by Skype. Volunteers must be willing to abide
by the RSGB’s Code of Conduct.
If you are interested in joining the Contest Support Committee, please
contact csc.chair@rsgb.org.uk
for further information.
73,
Ian Pawson, G0FCT
Chair, RSGB Contest Support Committee
csc.chair@rsgb.org.uk
RSGB CONTESTS IN 2016 (by Ian G0FCT)
The full 2016 RSGB contest calendars and rules for all RSGB contests are available here (HF) and here (VHF)
OTHER HF CONTESTS IN 2016 (by Ian G0FCT)
For more data on a wide range HF contests, the SM3CER and WA7BNM websites are very useful sources of information.
Another useful source of HF contest information is on the website of HB9DHG which can be reached by going to http://www.hb9dhg.ch, and selecting "Contest Calendar".
That's all for this special edition of the Newsletter
73, Ian Pawson G0FCT
Chair, RSGB Contest Support Committee