[UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ

[Douglas Maxwell]

Hi Callum,
    Congratulations on your posting, I hope that in the future more
newcomers (both inside and outside the contesting community) will be made
aware of our sport and attain a top international spot. What an advert!

Cheers

Doug
GM0ELP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Callum M0MCX" <callum at mccormick.uk.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ


> Although I have only been on the air for less than 4 years. I've done a
> number of 24 and 48 hour contest slots from home and I've even won a few
> minor contests - as well as grab the all-time-high for 40 meters low-power
> CQWW for England (slight cheat though.. I don't think anyone else ever
> entered it!!). I also came 1st in Europe in 2004 for low power 40 meters
> CQWW as M3MCX (before I "upgraded").
>
> My keenness and results are clear to all (Google M0MCX and RESULTS) and
> because of this confidence, I made a direct approach to GB5HQ and was
> accepted to operate 80 meters SSB GB5HQ (which I am madly excited about!).
>
> Anyone can do what I did, just get your results in, show the keenness and
> make an approach.
>
> By the way, you don't need to "Google" GB5HQ, you can just go there
directly
> :)
>
> Callum.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Maxwell [mailto:douglas.maxwell at virgin.net]
> Sent: 15 June 2006 21:15
> To: Uk-Contest at Contesting. Com
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ
>
> I seem to have missed all the discussion about GB5HQ again! The RSGB
> certainly is very quiet about the whole selection process thing. I noticed
> one or two comments on the reflector recently and one off hand comment in
> the RADCOM (I think) which confirmed that the selection process was done
and
> dusted. A quick look at http://www.gb5hq.com/2006/2006-Ops-List.html
> confirmed it (I had to Google GB5HQ to find this). As a member of the RSGB
> and a keen contester I am disappointed in this practice. Why don't we
market
> contesting by inviting participation within the RSGB? Why is there no call
> for operators in the Radcom? Why are we not kept informed as stations are
> being selected? After all, the chosen operators will represent our society
> on an international basis, is this not quite important! This is the second
> year running that I am aware of that this opportunity has been squandered.
> There are few opportunities to advertise contesting to the majority of the
> RSGB membership, and I can't think of a better one than this. Are we
worried
> that an "outsider" may want to represent the society and lose us some
> points? Is this important in the long term?
> My worry is that with the majority of RSGB members excluded from the whole
> process and unaware that such an event is happening till they're asked to
> work the station, that they may not make the effort. Imagine if you will
> another international event, the world cup, where the only advert for it
is
> one announcement made just before the competition that "a team has been
> chosen to represent our country and you should support it" and then after
> it's all over you get some info on who was playing and who scored. In
> summary I think that the RSGB are it's own worst enemies in ensuring a big
> turnout of RSGB members for the contest.
> I will be listening out for our stations (now that I have found out who
they
> are) even although I feel rather excluded from the whole thing....again.
>
> Douglas Maxwell
> GM0ELP
>
> P.S. Yes this is an advert and hopefully it will stimulate some interest.
>
>
>
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