[UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ

[Tom Wylie]

I have to say that I strongly disagree with you Doug.   I dont think the 
object is to be representative, the object is to win.    There is no point 
in competing "at a lesser level".

Show me a "good looser" and I'll show you a looser!
This Contest is NOT for peoople who dabble in Contests
but for skilled and seasoned contesters who can hold their own in the melee.

You dont get rookies in Formula 1.   There are many Contests available 
throughout the year for budding contesters to hone their skills.   Being 
chucked in at the deep end does nothing for personal development and can 
drag down the whole team.   IARU is a team Contest where every member of the 
team must pull their weight, or there is no point in taking part.

I personally dont Contest to be one of the pack.   I enter the larger 
Contests to win.   I dabble in a lot of contests, CW, SB and RTTY just to 
keep my skill level up.

Tom
GM4FDM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Maxwell" <douglas.maxwell at virgin.net>
To: "Don Field" <don.field at gmail.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ


> In my opinion, this is the very reason why private individuals opening up
> their home stations is not the ideal solution for this particular contest.
> The current solution is fine for a private contest team but not very
> representative of the RSGB. I would rather we competed by offering
> affiliated clubs, band/mode slots based on their results in RSGB contests.
> Yes, we may be competing at a lesser level, but the level of interest and
> support across the nation would be very much greater. No, I don't mean in
> terms of points in the contest, I mean in terms of the majority "Tom, Dick
> or Harry" (quoting G3XTT) RSGB members getting involved.
> The above solution may inspire contesters and normal RSGB members 
> together,
> to progress their club stations and their contest operating skills, with 
> the
> goal being, the honour of representing their nation. I feel that this
> solution is more representative of the RSGB than the current one. This is 
> a
> classic example of working as a team.
>
> Doug
> GM0ELP
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Field" <don.field at gmail.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ
>
>
>> It might be worth a reminder that, for many years, GB5HQ was a modest
>> single-station effort from Potters Bar. Then the playing field changed
> when
>> HQ stations were able to set up from many sites and compete with each
> other.
>> Steve G4JVG, so I am told, took the initiative at WRTC in Finland 3 years
>> ago, to try and get a new-style GB5HQ in place. Since then (not a very
> long
>> period) GB5HQ has gone from strength to strength, thanks in substantial
>> measure to Dave G4BUO who took up the poisoned chalice of trying to
>> co-ordinate things. But many others have put in a vast effort, not least
>> John G3WGV who has modified StarLog to accommodate the complex
> requirements
>> (it appears to have worked somewhat better than Wintest, which is used by
>> several European groups, and is substantially easier to network than
>> Writelog).
>>
>> And as I tried to say in an earlier post (while still exhausted from the
>> weekend!), the effort relies totally on private individiuals opening up
>> their home stations, which means their homes. There simply aren't the 
>> sort
>> of club stations in the UK which would do the job. This is why the hosts
>> must have final say on who operates, etc. It simply cannot be imposed on
>> them by RSGB or any other external body. This is a classic example of
>> volunteers working together.
>>
>> Don G3XTT
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/06, Chris Tran <zl1ct at gm7v.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello all
>> >
>> > Peter G3LET - I was surprised and disappointed to read your comments
> about
>> > GB5HQ - your qualified apology does not impress me either. Could I
>> > tactfully
>> > suggest that you don't have a clue as to how much is involved in the
> GB5HQ
>> > infrastructure and should perhaps have waited before posting to this
>> > reflector ?
>> >
>> > At our 40m SSB GB5HQ station, we did have a less experienced operator 
>> > on
>> > the
>> > mic for about 45 minutes - at a quieter time - this may or may not have
>> > cost
>> > us a few QSOs, but this operator had helped for many hours with the
>> > unglamorous setting-up work.
>> >
>> > Until 7 years ago, no-one was interested in operating GB5HQ - it is now
>> > evolving rapidly and performing better each year in a difficult
> mid-summer
>> > contest. I would expect changes and additions to the stations involved
>> > next
>> > year and in subsequent years.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > Chris
>> > GM3WOJ
>> >
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