[UK-CONTEST] CW ops and reports

[G3SJJ]

No prob Gerry and I hope the Greek was well and truly cucked.  Roast 
Salmon with Red Pesto, and Basil and Lime Tzatziki dressing here (off 
the BBC website) accompanied by green salad and a white Burgundy. It's 
my turn to cook tomorrow with a chicken casserole with black olives, 
from Rick Stein's recent Fench series.
Yvonne brought me some genuine Parmesan cheese after her recent business 
trip to Italy so I will be looking for a nice recipe to use some of that!
 
After the 3Y0X pileups nothing surprises me. The UK was well represented 
here with star turns by G(W)3s and G4s who either didn't listen or 
couldn't get their timing right (sic). It's all good fun, in it? So we 
mustn't take it all too seriously. I think the English cricketers have 
got the right attitude - let's snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

73 Chris G3SJJ  Bon appetite


Gerard Lynch wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
>
>  
>
>>Jeez, it's a bit difficult to keep one's cool with this one Phil.
>>    
>>
>
>Hope you can manage it, Chris, because I think your temperature is about to 
>rise another couple of degrees.  Wouldn't want you to get an £80 
>on-the-spot-fine for swearing or anything.
>
>If you think the repeating back of callsigns is limited to the Club Call 
>events, you haven't been listening in many other contests.  And if you think 
>sending lots of extraneous information is limited to operators in the UK, I 
>can only congratulate you on your successful lobotomy.
>
>I spent about three hours operating in the UBA contest today, all bar 2 QSOs 
>running rather than hunt and pounce.  I worked one G station each on 20, 40 
>and 80.  I had at least a dozen stations repeat my callsign back to me (and 
>in most cases it couldn't have been in their logging program as they were 
>sending hand cranked CW).  I had people who insisted in repeating their 
>callsigns when I got them right first time.  I had people who insisted in 
>calling G0RTN de UR0XXX at the end of every over.  I even had one QSO that 
>went along the lines of:
>
>G0RTN G0RTN TEST
>
>G0RTN G0RTN DE DL1XXX DL1XXX DL1XXX PSE KN
>
>DL1XXX 5NN 099
>
>R R R G0RTN DE DL1XXX QSL CFM GA UR 5NN 599 010 010 010 73 73 TU GL G0RTN DE 
>DL1XXX VA
>
>Lots of people who operate casually in contests don't have a clue how to 
>operate efficiently in them; lots of them have been operating inefficiently 
>for decades.  It would be nice if everyone was as snappy as you, but I'll 
>tell you this, if all these 13 wpm, straight key, repeating callsigners 
>disappeared your rate would be a hell of a lot lower and contesting a lot 
>more boring.
>
>By definition, there are many little pistols for every big gun, and many 
>poor operators for every 4L8A or K5ZD.  That's true of any competitive 
>endeavour.  The Voodudes and HC8N would post those fancy numbers without 
>every geriatric, arthritic straight key op sending his chirpy 5 Watts to his 
>wire down the drainpipe in UA3-land.  Or every strugging M0, or every 
>past-it G3.
>
>The CW Club Contests are about training up new CW operators and closing the 
>lamentable gap in numbers of contesters in this country and Germany, the USA 
>or Eastern Europe.  You're right to say they are an opportunity to spread 
>best operating practice.  I don't think the best way of doing that is to 
>give people a metaphorical spanking on this list for repeating their 
>callsigns.  Although an article from a top-line big gun like yourself in 
>RadCom or PW might do some good.
>
>This reads a lot more nasty than I meant it too; oh, well, you're big enough 
>to take the rough with the smooth, Chris. ;-)
>
>Right, I'm off for some Greek.
>
>73
>
>Gerry G0RTN
>Vanity Page at http://www.gerrylynch.co.uk
>"In days of old, when ops were bold, and sidebands not invented,
>The word would pass, by pounding brass, and all were well contented." 
>
>_______________________________________________
>UK-Contest mailing list
>UK-Contest at contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest
>
>  
>