[UK-CONTEST] RadCom Contest Reporting

[Peter Hobbs]

Tim,

Looking at the May contest reports in Radcom, there's an awful lot of wasted 
space.  Perhaps a compromise would be to list just the position, call, maybe 
club if appropriate, and the total score, rather than the whole nine yards 
(which can be seen on the web).  Apart from the contest results reporting, I 
do feel however that the general tenor of Radcom is showing a distinct 
improvement over the last year or so.

73, Peter G3LET

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tim.kirby at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: <giles.read at rsgb.org.uk>; <general.manager at rsgb.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:53 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] RadCom Contest Reporting


Phil, GU0SUP asked for my comments about the apparent change in policy of
contest reporting.

Just for the record, the truncation of the results was made without
reference to the contest columnist (myself!), Don, G3XTT (Board member for
Sport Radio) or indeed any member of the Contests Committee. And, in fact,
both Don and I had asked Giles Read, the new editor, not to truncate the
results for many of the reasons that others have mentioned in this
discussion. He went off and did it anyway, which is certainly the editor's
prerogative. Sadly, I did not receive any proofs of the column, otherwise I
could have tried to intervene at an earlier stage. Instead, I didn't
discover that this had been done until the magazine was published.

Apparently, the editor is keen not to massage 'fifty contesters egos at the
expense of the remaining membership'. That's a quote. Can we expect that
he'll take the same tack deciding not to publish technical projects that
three people might build? Maybe! That would be a shame too. One of amateur
radio's strengths is its' diversity.

Do you get the idea I'm not impressed? You're right.

But before we get too gloomy, Roger, G3SXW's analysis of the growth of
contest log entries over the last ten years is really exciting news. And
thanks to those of you who have already written to Giles, expressing your
views.

Tim, G4VXE

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