[UK-CONTEST] Contest Calendar or Not

[Derek Thom]

G3SJJ <g3sjj at btinternet.com> wrote:
(snip)
>Secondly, "was likely to result in higher G entry."  Dave, you know as well
>as I do that no change in these particular contests will ever increase
>entries. It might however stem the flow of operators leaving the event.
>Steve G0CKP commented, as other did similarly in LF Cumulatives, that there
>was nothing to work after one and half hours. For me, the contest ended
>after three of the fours hours, yet I class my antenna above average. So
>what do you expect those with average or less than average antennas to do.
(snip)

I don't agree with Chris's logic here!

Those of us with less effective aerials - and less effective contest
skills - need the extra time to make a decent score!   AFS is a good
example of this where the scoring rates of the really big gun stations
drop-off remarkable in the last hour or more, but others have a much
more consistent QSO rate.

Contests should not always be "designed" for the big guns.  They need to
appeal to Mr Average as well.  Partly for this reason I regret the
demise of the LF Cumulatives.

Derek
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Derek Thom
G3NKS
Cheltenham