[UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support

[Rob - G4LMW]

Oh....... don't think I qualify

Perhaps I could invent my own contest for single HF CW operator, 100w with a
single element antenna, who has been licenced at least 25 years and never
won anything. With only one entrant, I might have a chance!

;-^)

73, Rob
 G4LMW
 http://www.G4LMW.co.uk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger G3SXW" <g3sxw at btinternet.com>
To: "UIK-Contest" <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support


> 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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