What's new for 2002 VHF contests
The VHF Contests Committee have taken the opportunity to discontinue some poorly-supported contests, and introduce a major new series of Cumulative events to coincide with the Jubilee celebrations in 2002.
The 2002 Jubilee Cumulative Contests cover five bands - 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm/13cm (combined). The events run on Tuesday evenings, with four events per month, timed to coincide with the popular Nordic Activity Contests and other regular events in other European countries, but running later than the other contests because of the time difference and to promote intra-UK working. Both Single-op Fixed and Open sections are provided, and whilst results will be published for individual sessions, certificates and awards will be issued for Overall placings based on each entrant's best 6 sessions.
Full details and scoring information can be found in the 2002 Contesting Guide, and on the VHFCC website at http://www.blacksheep.org/vhfcc.
A special permanent award will be given to the overall winners on each band in each section.
As a result of the introduction of the new series, it has been decided to discontinue the following old-style Cumulative events : 144MHz Cumulatives (Mar/Apr), 144MHz UK Cumulatives (Aug/Sep), 1.3/2.3GHz Cumulatives (Oct/Nov) and 432MHz Cumulatives (Oct-Dec). Other contests which will not appear in the 2002 calendar are 432MHz FM (Jun) and 2m CW (Jan). If the new format is well-supported, consideration will be given to leaving it in the calendar permanently.