[UK-CONTEST] UBA contest

[Jonathan G0DVJ]

Hi all,

On Jan 29, 2006, at 8:36 pm, Steve Rawlings wrote:
> But is there no one in this little community able take the broader  
> view,
> and imagine what it's like being a non-contester these days?  Does no
> one in this Group realise that, for many amateurs, 'contester' and
> 'contesting' are dirty words?

I am only a lil pistol in all of this, but yes I do realise this,  
spending much time amongst many amateurs having no contest interests,  
and I sympathise in the way that Lee described in his email  
contribution to this thread earlier.

However its the action people take that concerns me...

> It's no surprise to me that those outside the contesting community are
> starting to push back a little.

Depends how they push back ...
There is NO excuse for the illegal obsene language that I heard being  
used in AFS this year.
There is no excuse either for the recording and playing back  
(pirating) which Callum described hearing.

It does strike me that sometimes you just have to be sensible about  
what is realistic given the scale of what is happening around you -  
not just in the radio contest context.  I mean I don't tend to choose  
to drive into the local town here on a Saturday at the same time as  
supporters are likely to go to and from a home football match there  
on days it is being played because the traffic is horrendous - I  
don't care to go to the football but it simply disrupts my attempts  
to drive my normal route at that particular time!  So I simply choose  
not to do that activity at that specific time.  I don't use illegal  
methods to either abuse the football fans or use bus lanes to get  
around them!   I just schedule my incompatible activity at a  
different time!

Common sense really - and less puerile.

Just my 2p.

Jonathan G0DVJ
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