[UK-CONTEST] Fw: GB5HQ

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

| I think we all contest to win,

Not me, apart from winning the RSGB 21/28 SSB (overseas) thirty years ago
I haven't been in the slightest bit competitive.  What I have been doing
in recent years is just trying to learn and improve.  Not sure that I
didn't even go backwards in the last BERU despite putting in more effort.

I find contests interesting for the activity they produce and the
possibilities it gives me to take a wander down interesting propagation
paths.  For this reason I like the DX type contests (BERU, Oceania) over
the pure rate contests.  A South American only CW only contest I have
operated in in the past couple of years offers the chance of making
reasonable single band scores and placings by selective S&P of the
prefixes.  Other than that I come on to hand out some points (GB5HQ),
occasionally getting mugged into a modest laid back run (120/hour) for an
hour and a half like in the last ARRL 10M SSB.

However, maybe the competitive streak is emerging, what other reason would
there be for a new OB9-5 and Acom 1000 to beat a path out of these
backwoods.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO