[UK-CONTEST] 80m CC CW G3SJJ

[G3SJJ]

Can't agree Ray. Any contest is a competitive event with the sole 
objective that the participants compete to make the maximum number of 
contacts they can within the given time and as efficiently and accurate 
as possible. Their entries are then listed in that order.

Yes, we want to encourage more participation and yes, we want to 
encourage newer and/or lesser experienced operators, but whatever, it is 
still a competitive event.

But No, I am not, repeat not, lambasting these people. If you have read 
my postings you will see that I go out of my way to make sure I give 
them the necessary support. So in that respect you and others have 
missed the point. I have deliberately not aimed my complaint at 
newer/experienced operators. I did not say who were the culprits and, in 
fact, a number of regular contest entrants sent what I reported. Maybe 
more regular ones than newer ones!

The real problem is, in fact, as Paul indicated a small error in his 
software which in turn causes an unsuspecting user to change the 
accepted way a contest exchange is made. As I and others have pointed 
out, the "Industry Standard" does not normally do this. Paul has already 
said he will address the problem in the manual, I guess then all it 
needs is for users to alter the F Key messages, so really it isn't such 
a great problem but sure is when you are at the end of it several times!!

73 Chris G3SJJ


Ray Goff wrote:

>Chris,
>
>I think that you have missed the point here and embellished it with rather
>too much red wine.
>
>People come on in the 80m CC contests to give their club some points, not to
>keep your run rate in triple figures. It is clear that since most of the
>callsigns in this contest do not come up in the Super Partial window, they
>are new to contesting.
>
>We all have to learn and in the sort of band conditions we had last night, I
>can understand inexperienced operators wanting to make sure that they are
>working the correct station. In the same vein, remember also, that not
>everyone in the contest is happy handling QSO's with speeds in the high 20's
>and 30's.
>
>What you are seeing here is an HFCC success story unfolding with more and
>more stations becoming active in all three modes. If the stations you are
>lambasting actually become interested in contesting as a result of their
>experience with the 80m CC test, then they will learn soon enough how to
>conduct a contest QSO.
>
>In the meantime, we need to encourage new contesting blood if we are going
>to increase the interest in contesting above the less than 2% previously
>discussed on this reflector. Your comments are not helpful in that regard,
>although fortunately most of the stations in question will not have
>discovered this reflector.
>
>Just my tuppence worth. Just 70 Q's here under very heavy QRM conditions.
>
>73
>
>Ray, G4FON / N4FON
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of G3SJJ
>Sent: 23 February 2006 21:43
>To: UK Contest Reflector
>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC CW G3SJJ
>
>It didn't used to be like this. I shake my head in pure disbelief.
>
>Proper Contest QSO :
>G3SJJ - CQ
>Caller -  Callsign
>G3SJJ - Callsign, RST Serial
>Caller - RST Serial
>
>Now
>G3SJJ - CQ
>Caller  - Callsign
>G3SJJ - Callsign, RST Serial
>Caller - MY BLOODY CALLSIGN, RST Serial - Wot the F is all that about!!!???
>
>Loads of the -uggers this time. We're going backwards.
>
>Inter G condx good plus some other Eu as well. 114 Qs.
>
>Ft1kMP, dipole at 18m, ends at 14mf, waterlogged clay ground for several
>about 1km around.
>
>Chris G3SJJ
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