[UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support

[Chris G3SJJ]

Tammie, you can add two more success to your list. Taking the initiative 
to subscribe to this Reflector and making a posting to a large group of 
UK contesters of varying experince and levels. I think what you have 
achieved so far is really great and will be watching for your callsign 
to appear in the listings. There are many contests to have a go at and 
it is difficult to sugggest any particular one. I can think of a few 
coming up over the next few months that might interest you if you have 
access to an HF station.

SSB Field Day in September is good fun, RSGB 21/28MHz in October if the 
bands are open!! Later in the month is CQWW SSB as you already know. A 
couple of years ago I hosted 16 year old M3CNG here, I mentally set him 
some targets in operating style and he achieved them all. ARRL 10m in 
December is great fun, particularly if the band opens to US. Of course, 
IOTA Contest is in 10 days time! Spend some time listening to a good 
operator, see how they do it.

Wish you luck  73 Chris G3SJJ


Tammie Evans wrote:
> 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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