[UK-CONTEST] Radcom Contest Results

[G3SJJ]

I totally agree with you, Justin.

I am sure in your time as Chair of HFCC, you had the same battles with 
Radcom as previous chairs - myself, Dave G4BUO, the late G6LX and Dennis 
G3MXJ (now F5VHY). I recall several meetings with Council that I 
attended fighting and winning our corner to retain the full listing. 
Doesn't it make you feel that the time you gave voluntarily was a total 
waste?

What really saddens me is that  :

*** The RSGB SPONSOR CONTESTS ***

*** AWARDS TROPHIES ***

*** PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT ***

yet treats contesting with disdain in Radcom. Contesting has a tradition 
within the RSGB, but also provides valuable motivation and self-training 
in numerous skills.

With regard to the appalling results page in the May issue, WHY doesn't 
the editor confer with those more experienced and take their advice? 
Publishing top 5, 10 or 20 never has and never will be acceptable. Every 
entrant in RSGB sponsored contests (RSGB Members????) is entitled to see 
their callsign listed in the official journal of the Radio society of 
Great Britain. Even more so for those lower down the field who need the 
encouragement. This kind of attitude belittles their efforts.

Just a few other observations :

- Why a full page devoted to ATV?  (Google search editor's callsign for 
a possible answer)
- Would a 90 minute activity session on ATV attract over 200 UK stations?
- So, how many active and motivated ATVers do we have in the UK?
- Is their annual convention as busy, buzzing and well attended as the 
HF Convention?

and if my written communication skills are still reasonable :
- Page 7 - " ... the most to date news ..."
- Ditto    - " ... trails (???)

- Page 88 - 2C2UT (??)  Novice + 2 ? Maybe I am not "to date" on UK 
callsigns.


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Chris Burbanks G3SJJ




Justin Snow wrote:
> I don't think it is appropriate to prune the results in this way at all!
> By all means restrict the lists to call, club, score, placing and have 
> all the extra stuff like Mults, QSO's etc on the www.  But to publish 
> the top few like has been done this month, with no indication that 
> this  has been done, is simply not acceptable to me.
>
> The new editor is making his mark for all the wrong reasons by me and 
> the formatting of the results page is sloppy in the extreme.
>
> Justin, G4TSH
>
>
> Peter Hobbs wrote:
>  
>> I heartily welcome the recent editorial changes at Radcom, however 
>> the published results seem now to be limited to the first 20 places 
>> (May issue).  This has all been discussed in this forum as being a 
>> reasonable compromise between space and exposure, but it doesn't do 
>> much to encourage new  or casual participants.  Perhaps we have a new 
>> "award structure" to see who can get their call published! 
>> Seriously though, where this is done, I do think it would be 
>> appropriate to include a link in the report to the full published 
>> results.  Who has the influence to achieve this?
>>
>> 73, Peter G3LET