[UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support

[Roger G3SXW]

WPX has a Rookie category. See: http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

f) Rookie (ROOKIE)**: To enter this category you must have been licensed as 
a radio amateur three (3) years or less on the date of the contest.

73 de Roger/G3SXW.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob - G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
To: "Richard Newstead" <g3cwi at btconnect.com>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support


> Thanks Richerd
>
> Maybe I am being to choosy in my contests!
>
> At my age and level of fitness, I was looking for (HF) contests I can do
> from home. My original question wasn't so much around "contests for
> beginners" - rather than prizes for newcomers within existing contests.
>
> A glance at all the results will show the "usual suspects" at the top of 
> the
> pile, and I would not wish to deny them their rightful place (I hope to be
> there with them someday). But perhaps a certificate for any operator who 
> has
> never had a top 10 finish or "best newcomer" (whether top 10 or position#
> 347!). It is like so many things these days. A lot of people don't take 
> part
> 'cos they fell they can never win.
>
> I often wonder why Tottenham Hotspur continue to enter the premier league
> each year.
>
> 73, Rob
> G4LMW
> http://www.G4LMW.co.uk
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Newstead" <g3cwi at btconnect.com>
> To: "Rob - G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
> Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support
>
>
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:48:37 +0100, Rob - G4LMW <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps they were poorly supported because no one knows about them?
>>>
>>> Which contests are they? I have had a good look around the "Sport Radio"
>>> pages and can find nothing targeted for "newcomers"
>>>
>>> Am I looking in the wrong place?
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> They are the Backpackers series of contests. The 2m ones are especially
>> suitable for beginners and are described as such in the rules. The "Sport
>> Radio" pages refer to them this month.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Richard
>> G3CWI
>>
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