[UK-CONTEST] Fw: GB5HQ

[Andy Swiffin]

>>> On 14/07/2006 at 17:03, in message <44B7C03E.7030706 at ntlworld.com>,
Tom Wylie
<t.wylie at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> 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....

Indeed, I've now a growing collection of certificates from the nice
people at DARC for WAE RTTY, another new one arrived over the weekend. 
What's particularly nice about them is that the certificate says that
they were awarded in recognition of "WINNING WAE RTTY"  and then in very
small letters "first place Scotland".  No-one looking at it is to know
that there were only 3 people who entered from GM (the nearest having
only dabbled with 85 qsos and 1/30th of my score) and that's assuming
your eyesight is sufficient to read the small letters bit :-)

In the soapbox for the contest I think I'm probably the only person to
say: "am I the only entrant NOT to have worked his own country on any
band"?

If there is a growing number on rtty I look forward to the chance of 5
multipliers next time!  (Unless it was _Me_ you're referring to as the
growing number of participants, Tom?)

73
Andy 
gm8oeg