[UK-CONTEST] Input from G3TBK - 21/28

[Andy Cook, G4PIQ]

I've favoured the contest within a contest approach for 21/28 running within
the CQWW event, but offering local awards, including the a sub section like
the current Restricted Section (which could also be time limited). I do
believe that there is strong demand for a competitive section for folks with
100W and single element low antennas in the UK representing Joe amateur. Now
having a family I also understand the calls for time limitations! 

Back in the early '90s I won the SSB event a couple of times (actually took
1st and 2nd place simultaneously each year as a 2 operator multi operator,
changing callsigns and paper logbooks on the hour - me on 21 MHz and G4BAH
on 28 MHz!) and ran 1100-1200 QSOs at the peak of that cycle. I've also won
the SSB event single op (with more hardware incidently) during the peak of
the last cycle and run 600-700 QSOs. The casual support just isn't there for
a UK works the world contest anymore - the UK activity doesn't support it -
even at the peak of the cycle.

73,

Andy, G4PIQ.

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Colin G3PSM
Sent: 18 April 2006 15:16
To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Input from G3TBK - 21/28


In a personal email Dave G3TBK asked me to input the following onto the 
reflector.   Dave will be rejoining when he gets his lap-top sorted out.

> I have looked back in my 21/28 Contest logs to the 1970s when one year
> I worked 800+ and was not even in the top five! (Spent too long 
> running JAs instead of chasing mults)  The DX stations really did 
> support us back then, and far more UK stations were active. I 
> personally feel with great regret that there is such apathy to DX 
> contesting in the UK that no matter what changes are made to the rules 
> there will not be enough UK activity to get DX stations to support us. 
> I am inclined to think we should run a Contest on 21/28 simultaneously 
> with CQWW and with the same exchanges, then at least there would be 
> plenty of folk to work.


73

Colin, G3PSM
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