[UK-CONTEST] Is is just us Brits?

[Don Field]

I have a lot of sympathy for Tom's view.

What does it matter which HQ station "wins" IARU. There are no cash prizes
or trips to Bermuda. Surely the role of the HQ stations is to help increase
activity, as GB5CC does in the Commonwealth Contest. A bit of friendly
rivalry (making up for World Cup 1966 maybe) by all means, but beyond that,
so what? The HQ stations are also a chance for experienced contesters to get
their hands on decent stations and run pile-ups, for others to go along and
get some experience (yes, there were plenty of those at the various GB5HQ
stations) and for all to have fun (like Field Day).

WRTC was different - these are teams who have gone specifically to compete
on as level a playing field as can be created (though that's pretty well
impossible in this game), and it is unreasonable that some should have a
"national" advantage as this rather defeats the object (one correspondent on
the US contest reflector suggested that WRTC should be CW only to prevent
the operators being identified - naive in the extreme - talking to previous
WRTC attendees in Brazil I was made aware of 101 ways in which operators can
identify themselves within minutes of the contest starting, regardless of
mode!).

Actually, probably the only way to have a true "level playing field" in this
game is to run the contest (whichever it is) using simulation software on a
PC. But that doesn't nothing for encouraging on-air activity!

Don G3XTT

On 7/18/06, Tom Wylie <t.wylie at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder if the Germans and Poles flagellate themselves after each
> Contest the way we Brits do.   My wounds
> are seeping blood!!!!!!!!!
>
> Between arguing to the Nth degree about how the team is chosen and then
> discussing the rules ad nauseam to see whether we have been rolled over
> (again) by the Germans (towels and beaches) perhaps we should be
> discussing how we can do better!!!!
>
> How do we prove that the German stations use different callsigns from
> the same location and if we can what have we done about it.
>
> Two thing we Brits excel at are Queuing and winging
>
> Gawd we are like a bunch of old wimmen arguing over a bingo call..
>
> If we are going to accuse the Germans of cheating - we'd better be sure
> of our facts - if we are not going to be accusers - lets close this
> thread and get back to more mundane things........
>
> 73 de tom
> GM4FDM
>
> G3SXW wrote:
> > You chaps are missing the main point.
> > Many of DA0HQ's QSOs are not 'real' QSOs.
> > Many DLs are each feeding multiple different call-signs
> > to DA0HQ. Let's not stoop to this level of cheating.
> > Yes, it is cheating to work with a dozen different
> > call-signs (and breaking your licence rules).
> > ARRL General Contest Rules 3.3 and 3.5 make it
> > quite clear that only one call-sign should be used
> > at one location. DA0HQ is not guilty of breaking this
> > rule, but they do encourage many thousands of DLs
> > to do so.
> > Let's not log-pad with any old call-sign we care to
> > pick from the call-book.
> > That's not contesting.
> > 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
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