[UK-CONTEST] SSB FD Claimed Scores

[Dave Cree]

Dave,

I think the problem is more how to get clubs with "occassional" contest 
operators to participate. Most of the subscribers here are, after all, 
the committed contest operators. The magnificently supported Club 
Championship, with its speedy adjudication, (well done the HFCC)  has 
shown that many others will participate with just a little extra incentive.

I also suspect some groups wrongly imagine that an entry requires huge 
resources of equipment and especially manpower, we need to get across 
the message that just ain't so.  At East Notts we enter the Open section 
with only 6 people, including my XYL in charge of the coffee pot. Until 
my lads were old enough to join in we used to manage with just four!
Years ago a problem for many groups was power, but with Generators now 
so cheap to purchase, and readily available for hire, that can no longer 
be an issue -  especially to enter the 100 watt section. Perhaps some 
still imagine a problem in that area?

Having started the thread, perhaps others may have ideas about how we 
prevent SSB FD becoming a German domestic contest, or do we assume Brits 
no longer have a taste for competition after regular trouncings at 
cricket, Rugby and soccer?

Dave