Contest updates

As a result of the Government’s updated position on people’s movements, the VHF and HF Contest Committees has taken the decision that, until further notice, they can no longer allow any entries from stations operating from portable or alternative addresses or from multi-operator stations.

Single operator entries from shared stations will also not be accepted unless the station is being shared by family members living at the same postal address.

We have reached a point with Covid-19 that it is inappropriate for the RSGB to run the IOTA Contest in July 2020 in its usual format.

We cannot encourage our participants to operate in multi-operator groups nor to travel to island locations where visitors are not currently welcome.

We would like your opinion on whether we should cancel outright or should retain a contest this year for single operator, home stations only.

We are also conscious that a large number of our Members are going to be spending more time at home than normal.

Unable to enjoy many of our favourite outdoor contests we are proposing a series of home-based day-time contests to entertain and support one another.

Both of these issues are detailed in a survey which we invite you to complete.

This is at surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RSGB_HFCC_2020.

The survey is open until Friday, 3 April 2020, after which the outcomes will be made public.

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