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From: "Gasparik Richard" <Richard.Gasparik@sbs.sk>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: RE: LF: new LFers, contests, etc.
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:36:59 +0200
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...1 point for each new contact...etc...hard to compare the station in UK or
western Europe with us, in central Europe. For example in range of 400 km I
have worked since January 2000 only 10 LF station. Most of the stations are
around 900km from my QTH. OH1TN have the same problem. To stimulate activity
on LF we could have an activity contest (or activity weekend) but with rules
dependent of the distance between stations worked (rules from VHF contests)
or distance dependent points (something like Stew Perry Topband Distance
Challenge). But this is not a solution how to increase activity. I'm
contester (HF and VHF) and I know that after each big contest activity (like
CQWW, ARRL or WPX) follows a deep inactivity. Look on 10m today...sometimes
it's very hard to find any US station on the band. It looks like "no
propagations"...but in the contest you may work hundred of them. I think we
could increase the activity with some DX-peditions and demonstration
stations during the hamradio meetings. Maybe some LF AWARDS should increase
the activity too....But be careful with "599 QRZ" contest on 136kc...

73 de Rich OM2TW

-----Original Message-----
From: g3ldo [mailto:g3ldo@ukonline.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:47 PM
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: Re: LF: new LFers, contests, etc.


There has been some discussion on methods of increasing activity on the
136kHz band. The main objection to contest activity seems to be that it
would degenerate into a '599 QRZ' type contacts.

The Worthing radio club runs a contest with its members for activity an a
particular band, usually 28MHz, for the number of contacts made over a
period of a year. Over a long time span the fast exchanges are irelevant.

We could do the same for 136kHz over a period - say from September 1st to
April 30th. We could have 1 point for each new contact and a multiplier for
each country. To stimulate activity in all modes we could have, say three
basic modes

1. CW. 2 QRSS/DFCW. 3. PSK31/wolf. e.g. If you worked G0MRF on CW, QRSS and
PSK31 this would count at three separate contacts.

I had thought of an additional multiplier for a different continent but this
would make it only in the reach of 'big guns'. The objective is to increase
activity so I dont think continental multipliers help.

What do you think?

Regards,
Peter, G3LDO

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