[UK-CONTEST] Jubilee Contest

[Ian White, G3SEK]

Richard Newstead wrote:
>The M3 situation is an interesting one. I have recently been helping a 
>new M3 to get on the air. I have found that nothing can be taken for 
>granted at all. He has never listened on the ham bands so every aspect 
>of the hobby is new to him. What chance of him entering a contest? - 
>zero for several years I would imagine.
>

We older-timers should be careful not to typecast all M3s as newcomers. 
Newcomers to HF, maybe, but a significant proportion have held "B" 
licences and been active amateurs for as much as 35 years.

Some M3s will even have taken - and passed - the revered "essay 
question" RAE!

-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK          Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
                           'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
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