What's New

• We've attempted to make the rules shorter and easier to understand
• We allow the use of DX Cluster / ON4KST like assistance in all events and sections. This has resulted in the removal of section AX in the UKAC contests.
• We allow the use of Machine Generated Modes (MGM) in all events. This is to provide more opportunities for stations in remote parts of the country to make QSOs under normal conditions. Note that in the major European co-ordinated contests, IARU only allow the use of MGM on 6m and 4m, and so we will not forward logs to IARU which include MGM QSOs on 2m and above.
• All VHF AFS contests now have the same RSGB membership requirements
• The submission time for all logs has been reduced to 7 days to allow for faster production of results
• Paper logs are no longer accepted (we haven't received any for several years)
• We will be implementing a policy of open logs where we will publish the logs of all entrants to contests to provide greater transparency
• The rules for 6 hour sections have been changed to allow operation after the end of the 6 hour period - but obviously - not for points
• The minimum off-time between the two blocks of operation allowed in a 6 hour entry has been increased to 2 hours to align with new IARU rules for their 6 hour sections

There is more to do to the VHF calendar and rules through 2016 in preparation for 2017. We will be running some activities to

• further simplify the rules
• make sure that we are running the right number and mix of contests
• investigate the options for a simple but geographically balanced scoring system for UKAC

If you have suggestions that you'd like to make to these activities outside of the normal consultation process, please contact g4piq@rsgbcc.org