[UK-CONTEST] UBA contest

[Cooper, Stewart]

Hi Jonathan,
I really like the football analogy.
The bad behaviour being discussed is not restricted to contests. Try listening to 3790 - 3799 when any DX shows up (especially something that isn't DX to Europe) or 14195 any day of the week. The fact that every DX-pedition is QRMed on 40m CW indicates that the culprits are experienced hams. They know CW, understand 'split' (which is more than some of the callers) and they're loud. So we're not talking about a bunch of CB'ers - these guys must be well known. The QRM-er I had to endure in AFS actually identified himself to me. What can I do about it? Not a lot. I e-mailed him and got even more abuse in return!

73
Stewart
GM4AFF (GM0F)

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jonathan G0DVJ
Sent: 29 January 2006 21:43
To: UK contest list
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UBA contest


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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