[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2006

[G3SJJ]

Cor blimey, you're gettin' to sound like SXW more every day and you're 
not half his age.

Anyway, nice one Gerry, I like your style.  Chris JJ


Gerard Lynch wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
> Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2006
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>
>   
>> Gerry, I am not whinging and you  have totally missed the point. It is
>> not geographical location that prevents the QSOs, it is the rules. The
>> rules do not permit me to work G3TBK, if he operated from his home about
>> 25 miles away. I have to go out of the UK to be allowed to work UK
>> stations. I just can't get my head round that one.
>>     
>
> What's there to get your head around?
>
> You have to travel to North America to work G3TBK in ARRL.
> You have to travel to Asia to work G3TBK in All Asia.
> You have to travel outside Europe to work G3TBK in WAE.
> You have to travel to Poland to work G3TBK in SP-DX.
>
> If you don't like BERU, don't like it.  That's perfectly cool.  I'll let you 
> into a wee secret - I don't like PACC and SP-DX, SAC, and to be honest, REF 
> because they're too slow, boring, and samey for my tastes!  If I'm about the 
> rig, I'll give away a few points to the lads who are taking them seriously, 
> but spending 24 hours working 200 people in a relatively small country about 
> 1000km away with clockwork reliable propagation is just boring.
>
> You, see, you can come out of the closet about things like this.
>
> Now, there are people who like that sort of thing, and if SP-DX changed to 
> accommodate me, not only would they lose out, but we'd have another contest 
> EXACTLY the same as UBA, 9ADX, YUDX, HADX, etc., etc., etc.  And I think the 
> sport of contesting would be the loser for that.  There are enough contests 
> over the year to satisfy most tastes; if there isn't one quite the way you 
> like it, take the time and trouble to organise another one.
>
> If you hate BERU, that's cool.  But don't keep making up spurious reasons 
> why you don't like it, claiming it's outmoded, claiming it's generally 
> agreed that it's outmoded, etc., etc.  Just get your kicks in whatever way 
> floats your boat and let others do the same.
>
> 73
>
> Gerry G0RTN
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> The word would pass, by pounding brass, and all were well contented."uk- 
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