[UK-CONTEST] Fw: GB5HQ

[Tom Wylie]

Winning an RSGB Contest seems a little irrelevant to me.    With the 
greatest respect to the SGB of which I am a member,
many of their contests are aimed at the Contest beginner - or contests 
which give the newcomer to contesting the opportunity to take part 
without causing too much grief to the overall effort.   Taking part in 
and doing well in a major Contest
such as IOTA, ARRL, CQWW is much more of a criteria in my opinion.

At my home QTH i dont have room for 160/80m antennas so have a distinct 
disadvantage in AFS and CC and things like ropoco etc.   So are you 
saying that because I choose not to take part in such Contests I should 
be ineligible for IARU?
I don't think so.   Radio Contesting is like any other sport.   When 
represending one's country, you have to put out
the best team available - ask people like Paula Radcliff, Andy Murray, 
Sir Steve Redgrave and so on and they will have something to say about 
being the best and having a competitive spirit.

Taking part in and listening around in a lot of the Contests, I hear 
very little GM activity.   You only have to look at the results to see 
how many active contesting GMs there really are.   I think that speaks 
for itself and interest in Contesting in GM can only be described as 
minimal.   So much for the health of Contesting in GM.   RTTY seems to 
be the only mode with a growing number of participants....

Thats my 2p worth!

Tom - GM4FDM



douglas.maxwell at virgin.net wrote:
> There seems to be two discussions getting confused here:
> 1) Winning IARU Champs.
> 2) The health of contesting in the UK.
> My agrument is that to inspire contesters and to encourage normal club members to participate in contesting there must be a desirable goal with a clear path of achieving it. One such goal might have been to represent one's nation in an international contest i.e. IARU champs. I have never advocated that inexperienced ops or casual contesters take part, quite the opposite in fact, let there be a clear criterion for participation and some publicity surrounding the selection process. Not a bad thing?
> Maybe a place in each station should be reserved for someone who has won an RSGB contest that year. It is after all the RSGB that you will be representing.
> If winning the IARU champs is the only desire with no regard to the effect on the contesting community or it's future, then we are probably doing the best we can.
> I would like there to be some improvement on no2 with regards this particular contest. It's too big an opportunity to waste.
> Doug GM0ELP
> Doug GM0ELP
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