[UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support

[MM0DXC at aol.com]

I've read this thread with interest, I can certainly back up John MM0JXIs  
comments. I co-ordinate the HF side of things for GM2T but as well as that, I'm  
involved heavily with licence training from Foundation to Advanced. 
 
Both Bob (GM4UYZ) and I are avid contesters and use our contesting and  
special event station experience to deliver many of the points that need to be  
raised throughout the training process. Through these examples and the  
enthusiasm shown, many of the newly licenced amateurs do come along to the  contests to 
see if its as good fun and challenging as we describe it to  be.
 
This along with the many stories told at our monthly meetings, over and  over 
again about our escapades whilst contesting. 
 
I guess what I'm trying to say is that we portray contesting as fun and a  
great platform to learn about propagation and gain and improve upon operating  
skills. It seems to work as in this years IOTA team we have 3 members who were  
recent MM3s and are now MM0s and are into all kinds of contesting.
 
Cambell
MM0DXC
 
 
In a message dated 17/07/2008 09:47:49 GMT Standard Time,  zen90387 at zen.co.uk 
writes:

Tammie

To me, that puts all the debate in to some perspective  and should give us 
all encouragement.  Well done and thank you for  sharing it with us.

I sincerely hope that RadCom would run a short  article describing your 
experience.  I would be happy to add some  material from experiences here, 
when I have opened up the shack for  members of the Carlisle Club to come and 
have a go at some contesting in a  secure environment.

Ian


----- Original Message -----  
From: "Tammie Evans" <m3enf at dsl.pipex.com>
To:  <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:38  AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support


> Hello  all, have been reading the various messages over the last few days
> or  so and thought I would "jump" in.
>
> I have only been licensed  since August 2003 and was awfully mic-shy
> until a fellow club member  persuaded me that talking on the air really
> wasn't so bad and no-one  would laugh at me!  That happened in the start
> of 2006 and since  then I've taken part in Transmission, CQ WW SSB, CQ
> WPX SSB and a  couple of club events - I absolutely love contesting - I
> may only be a  "newbie" with not much experience (and not many points)
> but it's great  fun!
>
> I'm afraid my club is small (too much politics over the  years from what
> I understand!) at the moment with around 30 members,  but even when we
> had around 60 members there is one person who opens  up one of the club
> rooms for the CC events and Windmills but it's  never very serious
> contesting, and extremely difficult to get anyone  to operate!  There are
> probably 5 or 6 members who do CC from  home and send the scores in for
> the club.  I've always found it  to be a struggle to get the club to take
> part in the big contests so I  just do it with one other person who is
> slowly becoming very  interested in contesting!
>
> Anyway, that's another "newbies"  perspective on things... it's quite
> funny really, I'm female (I seem  to cause pile-ups which is very
> nerve-racking!) and young which you  don't seem to find in many radio 
> clubs!
>
> 73 Tammie  M3ENF
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