- If you are under 'essential travel only' conditions - don't travel to take part in a contest
- If you are in an area with advisories or rules against travel beyond its boundaries - don't travel outside of the specified area for a contest
- Don't enter an area under a travel advisory or rules
We'd also like to remind people of the requirement that these are true single operator operations, with any setup assistance only from members of the same household or support bubble.
These rules apply to both HF and VHF RSGB contests
73, Andy, G4PIQ & Nick, G4FAL Chairs RSGB VHF and HF Contest Committees
RSGB HF and VHF contest rules changes
From RSGB HFCC and VHFCC . Update (02/11/2020) to the recent Rule Changes:It's only about 10 days since we published new guidance around the impact of COVID restrictions on contesting, and once again we're facing major changes in restrictions. We've re-posted that guidance below, with just some out-of-date examples removed. Following the announcement of the new restrictions in England starting on Thursday, we've started to see some queries on what these new conditions means for portable operation in England. We'd just like to repeat the ruling that we gave previously and have copied below - essentially - "Please follow your local COVID rules and advice" for Single Operator entries only.
So while England is in lockdown travelling to take part in a contest is not an essential journey (and will likely not fall into any of the specific categories for which you are allowed to be out of your house that will be set in law). Equally single operator portable entries will be accepted from residents in those parts of the UK & CD where non-essential travel is allowed and any other conditions for compliance with the COVID rules and advice are met.
73 & Stay Safe,
Andy, G4PIQ and Nick, G4FAL
Chairs RSGB VHFCC and HFCC
As we're all well aware, the diversity of COVID restrictions across the country continues to increase. We've received some enquiries asking if we intend to make any further changes to our restrictions on portable operation. At this time, with so much change and variation in the rules across the country, we believe the best approach is simply to require stations to strictly follow their local COVID restrictions and advisories. We're keen not to simply enforce another total ban on portable operation - as we enter what is likely to be a difficult winter period, we'd rather that as many people as possible are able to gain the mental health benefits of doing a little bit of what they enjoy.
The individual rules are so complex and changing so frequently that we can't list every situation here in detail, but we believe the principle is clear. Some examples of expected behaviour would be