[UK-CONTEST] Eu Sprint - Apology

[Gerard Lynch]

At 07:03 15/04/2007, you wrote:


>WSEM is problematic in that they don't publish their rules in English
>and don't publicise their events in the mainstream contest calendars.
>I did find their site once, and Google offered a rather amusing (and
>not very helpful) translation.

Full rules of all Russian domestic and 
international contests are at http://www.qrz.ru/contest/?month=4

"Kalendar Sorvëvnovanii" means "Contest Calendar", as far as I know.

We have the wonderfully named "Radio Operators of 
the Partisans" contest coming up on the 27th 
(middle of the night on 80 and 160 SSB).

The ones where the rules are just in Russian are 
presumably the parties we're not invited to.  You 
can usually piece them together if you can 
pronounce the cyrillic letters.  Contest rules 
are contest rules in any language.  I've always 
assumed WSEM is Russian for "bugger off" (it 
actually means "to everyone", ironically).  A 
couple of times a year for a few hours wouldn't 
be a big deal.  Large multi-band contests pretty 
much every month that non-Russian contesters 
aren't invited to is bloody anti-social in my view.


73

Gerry G0RTN
http://www.gerrylynch.co.uk
"In days of old, when ops were bold and sidebands not invented
The word would pass by pounding brass, and all were well contented."