[UK-CONTEST] Fw: CC 2006

Paul Beecham paul at prolectric.co.uk
Mon Mar 13 05:36:29 EST 2006 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Beecham" <paul at prolectric.co.uk>
To: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CC 2006


> Hi all, interesting comments, I'm not sure if off topic or not but ( If so 
> I appologise) I was shaking the station down over the weekend for next 
> weeks RDXC calling cq .(not contest) the problem I had was trying to 
> convince people that I was NOT in the contest . Occasionally ( if not in 
> the contest) when asked I oblige with a correct exchange, but thinking 
> about it surely the respondent should carefully listen to assertain 
> whether it's worth the call , I think many op's just assume that if your 
> on during a contest then you must be in it. It does,nt particulary bother 
> me, just an observation really but I know the callers were becoming 
> "sniffy" when they keep asking you for a repeat or number etc when in 
> reality there's non to give.
> 73 Paul  G6PZ
>  From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
> Cc: "'UK Contest Reflector'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CC 2006
>
>
>>I tend to agree Don. Where as most contests have two elements, this one
>> has a weird third one. To the outsider it's a bit like asking an Italian
>> if he understands cricket! You can imagine people putting on their
>> jodhpurs and pith helmets, and settling down with the nice cup of tea to
>> work a few Pats and ex-Pats. Reminds me of Michael Caine in Zulu, "I
>> only said blow the bloody doors orf" (Oh, sorry that was The Italian
>> Job). As I was waiting to call someone on 80m, ZL6A I think, I listened
>> to the long QSO, the UK guy needed to give his serial number 20 times!!
>> There was so much contact bounce on his bug key that the 5 just didn't
>> contain any power. It was only 8-10 years ago someone wrote me as HFCC
>> Chair complaining a G must have been using a "Tape Loop" to send
>> multiple CQs!! I would reckon most of us observe Remembrance Day in some
>> form, it seems to me that, for some, CC is a way of saluting the old
>> Empire. Once that element disappears we can probably move forward a bit.
>>
>> The top end guys are well catered for. It was most interesting listening
>> to Andy G3AB, alternatively CQing on two different bands. Dave BUO and
>> Don BJ have also got good setups. What is really needed is something for
>> the mid-range contest fraternity to encourage them to participate or
>> even just to retain interest.
>>
>> CC could be good, if only ....
>>
>> Chris G3SJJ
>>
>>
>>
>> Donald Field wrote:
>>
>>>I rather suspect that participation from VK, ZS, maybe even VE, will
>>>continue to decline rapidly. Who saw the news report from VK last night
>>>asking Aussies on the beach "who is visiting this Australia this week?"
>>>Most guessed "Kelly Holmes" and similar but not spotted that it was the
>>>Queen. Unless you are an ex-G, BERU probably has less and less resonance
>>>nowadays. I once asked ZS6EZ whether he would ever contemplate
>>>participating in BERU and got a very rude answer (as far as he is
>>>concerned, as an Afrikaaner, the xxxx English drove the Dutch settlers
>>>inland from the coast (remember the Voortrekkers?) and are to be treated
>>>with contempt) :-) Even Canadians seem to have less and less interest in
>>>the motherland (and French Canadians probably not at all).
>>>
>>>So, much as it's a shame, because this is an interesting contesting
>>>event, I suspect it will rely increasingly on being supported by ex-G's
>>>(just look at 5B4AGC, P3J, 5B/G4ODV, G3PJT on his annual travels, etc.)
>>>and a few would-be colonials (ZF2NT, alias N6NT, still penitent from
>>>1776 :-)). Whether this number will hold steady or decline depends, I
>>>imagine, on the continuing propensity of G's to buy retirement
>>>properties on the remaining "pink bits" or to jump on planes mid-March
>>>each year. Please tell me I'm wrong!
>>>
>>>Don G3XTT
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>>>[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Lawley
>>>Sent: 12 March 2006 21:35
>>>To: UK Contest Reflector
>>>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Beru 2006 - G4BUO
>>>
>>>Commiserations to Don with his snow static problem. It was a tough fight
>>>
>>>with him and Andy G3AB. Murphy also visited with a noise problem on 80m
>>>and very bad mutual interference between 40 and 80, which resolved
>>>itself somehow in the early hours of the morning. This is going to make
>>>it extra hard to track down the root cause of the problem. Nice to get a
>>>
>>>couple of VKs and 9M2 on 15m in the last 15 minutes.
>>>
>>>There are plenty of events for those who like wham-bam rate contests, I
>>>believe there will be yet another one along next weekend. It would be a
>>>shame if there was not room in the calendar for a different sort of
>>>event in which you have to keep thinking, moving, probing all the time.
>>>
>>>Even at the bottom of the cycle the activity level seemed generally good
>>>
>>>and varied but I am concerned at the steep decline in participation from
>>>
>>>VK. Unfortunately the effect multiplies: the fewer VKs that participate,
>>>
>>>the harder it is for the others to turn in good results but only a few
>>>years ago VK4XA, VK4EMM and VK2BJ all put in top scores. My perception
>>>is that VK is not as prominent as ZL in other major contests as well so
>>>I don't think the problem is unique to Beru, though its effects may be.
>>>
>>>With the default 10 minute off time threshold in Win-Test it reckons I
>>>was off for 9 hours, but apart from three trips down the garden to
>>>fiddle with the beverage termination, I was in the chair just about the
>>>whole time:
>>>
>>>BAND   QSO DUP DXC  HQ  POINTS BONUS   AVG
>>>--------------------------------------------
>>>    80    43   0  17   5     215   640 19.88
>>>
>>>    40    85   0  29   6     425  1260 19.82
>>>
>>>    20   122   1  35   8     610  1380 16.31
>>>
>>>    15    37   0  21   3     185   640 22.30
>>>
>>>    10     5   0   4   1      25   100 25.00
>>>--------------------------------------------
>>>TOTAL   292   1 106  23    1460  4020 18.77
>>>============================================
>>>             TOTAL SCORE : 5480
>>>
>>>
>>>Ten-Tec Omni D + Ten-Tec Titan
>>>FT1000MP + Dentron MLA2500
>>>Homebrew SO2R box (soon to be replaced!)
>>>Win-Test 2.28
>>>10m 4el up 78ft
>>>15m 4el up 83ft, delta loop
>>>20m 4el up 73ft, 4el up 38ft fixed NW
>>>40m 4-square
>>>80m delta loop
>>>220ft beverage
>>>
>>>
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