[UK-CONTEST] RDXC Russian Contest 18/19th March

[Paul Beecham]

Hi all,  most of my team are WWYC'S and all are excellent. We do have some 
more mature op,s as well which all in all make's up a good mix and lend's 
it's self  to a more enjoyable operating experience.We get to meet young 
op's from all over the world and have made some good friend's. This weekend 
we will be in ARRL. Mark M0DXR has even persuaded his DAD G3WRO to come and 
have ago!   73 Paul  G6PZ.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerard Lynch" <gerrylynch at freenetname.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RDXC Russian Contest 18/19th March


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <m0blf at domsmith.co.uk>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RDXC Russian Contest 18/19th March
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>> Hi all,
>>
>>> Interesting. Two things stand out John :
>>> - Majority of the ops are young, well, under 40 then
>>
>> I too have wondered why young ops tend to like RDXC so much, and so I 
>> sent
>> out an email
>> on the WWYC reflector last night to find out why.  Only two WWYCers
>> replied, but the
>> reasons they gave were roughly what I guessed they might be.  In no
>> particular order:
>
> I'd also add:
>
> * In Europe, you can rack up a decent score just from working other 
> EUs/UA9s
> and you can therefore run to good effect with a modest signal in a way you
> can't in the biggies where you need to be loud in the US;
> * With by far the highest level of activity for a 24 hour contest, and a
> possible 10-12 (can't remember) band slots to fill per station, rates are
> high and if you have a decent signal consistently very high - I think one 
> of
> the Russian multi-singles averaged close to 200/hour over the length of 
> the
> contest last year;
> * 'There are nearly always good conditions for this contest' - it's right 
> on
> the equinox;
> * There are usually a number of Russian DXpeditions somewhere interesting
> for new ones/band slots;
> * I, in a very unscientific way, remember instant rate in this contest in 
> a
> way I don't ever remember from doing IOTA from home, either from here or 
> GI,
> despite my exalted 15-pointer status in IOTA.  That means you can rack up 
> a
> half-way respectable score in a few hours.  And IOTA is a very similar 
> (and
> generally excellent) contest in many ways.
>
> And despite that, I won't be on for it this year as I'll be away that
> weekend, and it comes irritatingly the week after BERU which tends to use 
> up
> a lot of my decadent radio time for March.
>
> 73
>
> Gerry G0RTN
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> "In days of old, when ops were bold, and sidebands not invented,
> The word would pass, by pounding brass, and all were well contented."
>
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