[UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support

Fri Jul 18 10:05:56 EDT 2008

Thanks Chris

Don't worry, I shall continue to improve my station and my scores. I was 
just commenting that the "chance" of winning might encourage others. I shall 
stubbornly keep at it as I just like winning!

Funny you mention the pencil to enable logging and keying. In my earlier 
contest forays many years ago, I taught myself to use the paddles 
right-handed (I am left-handed). So can now send straight key with left and 
paddle with right. Now all I need are a couple of well-placed drumsticks and 
I can use the keyboard at the same time.

Listen out for me this weekend in the QRP FD. Will be operating as G3ZGC/P 
with Richard (if the QSO is around 30wpm it will be Richard, 25 or less and 
it'll be me!)

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
Cc: <Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contesting + support

> There are other ways Rob. It is virtually impossoble to expect to enter
> a contest and expect to win without some experience and pedigree in that
> event. Look at the range of contests and see which you think you would
> like. Choose as selection for the year and home in on those.  Send in an
> entry and see where you come, then set a target for improvement for next
> year.
>
> I did just this many years ago. I found I liked the RSGB 1.8MHz contests
> in Nov and Feb. I just kept entering, then eventually I made the top ten
> so I realised I must be doing something right! I then started to analyse
> what I was doing and if I could do it better. Obviously the antenna is
> the most important so I found sites where I could set up for the
> weekend. I looked at station ergonomics, ie positioning of equipment,
> chair comfort. This was the days of paper logging so I evolved a
> technique to roll the pencil around my fingers to enable me to send on
> the keyer without putting the pencil down. Not relevant now but the
> principal remains the same. I studied the techniques of the competitors
> ahead of me. Eventually top 5 came and then it got harder. I eventually
> top 3 and I was getting certificates, and then the trophy. It was a long
> slog but enjoyable and rewarding.
>
> Another way is to go head-to-head with someone. I did this a few years
> ago with G4IIY in CQWWCW. The Old Fart with a better station and more
> experience versus the young Whippersnapper. Yep, he beat me! We emailed
> our scores every 6 hours. He's a crafty young blighter, said he was
> going to bed at 2200 and therefore I did the same. Actually he stayed up
> and got some more mults!
>
> Look for contests you can do well in. Keep at it, you will get there!
>
> Chris G3SJJ
>
>
> Rob - G4LMW wrote:
>> 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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