[UK-CONTEST] GI1W claimed score ?

[Keith Kerr]

'I would also have beaters running round raising grouse which I didn't 
initially see.'

Hmmm.............Single Operator All Birds (Assisted) I see !! ;-)

Keith GM4YXI





At 10:35 17/11/04 +0000, Cooper, Stewart wrote:

>If I were wanting to win a comtest of any kind I would want to maximise my 
>opportunities to score points. This may not involve an armchair, but my 
>seat would be located to maximise points (probably on the top of a hill). 
>I would also have beaters running round raising grouse which I didn't 
>initially see. Contesting isn't DX-ing.
>
>Stewart
>GM4AFF
>
>('bout time we had a packet dissing thread.)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Andy swiffin
>Sent: 17 November 2004 09:50
>To: uk-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GI1W claimed score ?
>
>
> >
> >
> >>>> "Chris Tran ZL1CT" <zl1ct at gm7v.com> 17/11/2004 05:53:52 >>>
> >Hi Robert et al
> >
> >Any word of a claimed score for GI1W in CQ WW SSB ?
> >
> >On a separate issue, I was amazed to read a posting recently from a
>UK
> >contest station along the lines of 'our mult station could not
>function
> >properly because the DX Cluster link was down' ..mmm.... I don't want
>to
> >hurt anyone's feelings, but surely the whole point of a 'mult' station
>is
> >that it finds and works multipliers, usually by the old-fashioned
>method of
> >tuning around and finding them (which is a heck of a lot more
>interesting
> >than just clicking on a spot) ?
>
>I'm glad I saw this.  I was wondering if I'm the only one who thinks
>that the DXcluster is the worst thing ever to happen to radio and
>particularly to contests.
>
>Whatever happened to the fun of the chase, winkling out weak stations,
>carefully tuning looking for something new to work.
>
>
>It's like someone going out hunting grouse on the moors, having their
>armchair delivered to the top of the hill and sitting there passively
>while someone else runs around catching the grouse and bringing them
>along to be shot by the sloth in the chair.  OK I'm sure you'll get lots
>of grouse that way but its not really the point is it!
>
>DX on a plate sir?  No thanks  ;-)
>
>Cheers
>Andy
>gm8oeg
>
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