[UK-CONTEST] UK-CONTEST] HFCC Review

[Keith Martin G0GFQ]

Bob and Chris

Just another idea to avert not just clashing with our last Thursday of the
month meeting (like Chris) but the difficulty of not enough days in some
months to accommodate Bob's suggestion.

Why not just reverse the order, 1st Thursday, 2nd Wednesday then 3rd Monday
which avoids consecutive nights for 80m cc and 2m AC at the beginning of the
month. Also, many of the major contests fall around the last weekends of
various months, it could aid preparations and rest times...just a thought.

73

Keith Martin "GØGFQ"

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Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UK-CONTEST] HFCC Review

Chris,

I do not believe that any of the things you fear are necessary to 
'decouple' the 80m CC from the 2m AC at the beginning of the month.  
Here is a simple idea:

Have the first monthly 80m CC session on the SECOND Monday of the 
month, then the second session on the Wednesday in the week following 
that and then the third session on the  Thursday in the week after 
that.  All this does is to push the 80m CC one week later in the month 
using all the same days that are used at the moment.  You end up with 
the week 'off' at the beginning of the month instead of at the end.

73
Bob G3ORY

>----Original Message----
>From: semaos at semaos.plus.com
>Date: 20/02/2009 17:52 
>To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>Subj: [UK-CONTEST] UK-CONTEST] HFCC Review
>
>I believe that we have already lost Tuesday CC tests to fit in with 
the 
>144Mhz tests are we now to lose the odd Mondays to them as well.? 
The 
>dropping of Tuesdays has no doubt meant that some may not be able to 
>take part, so lets not take Monday away as well. Incidently I would 
>rather we dropped Wednesday as it is our club night and we lose 
entrants 
>because of that. You cannot please all of the,...all of the time etc 
etc 
>Just holding short of a quote lest I upset too many.
>My apologies to all who worked me last night Macro nightmare I am 
>afraid, that plus unplugging keyer USB and a general night of 
>incompetence. Thanks fer ur patience.
>
>Chris G0TZZ
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>> Reams of contest logging software changes!
>>
>> If you want more people into radio and would like them to do 
contests,  
>> then drop this requirement to be a member of the RSGB.
>>
>> I can sell becoming a member to youngsters that I teach Foundation 
to,  
>> it doesn't cost them anything. But once they are over 21, that's 
a  
>> different story. And for those who are over 21, getting them into 
the  
>> hobby is hard enough, with the credit crunch and lack of jobs, 
having  
>> to buy kit and pay membership is a hardship.
>>
>> If needing to be a member to do a contest is intended to 
encourage  
>> membership of the RSGB, I'm afraid it isn't working, in fact it's  
>> alienating you from the people you need to join - new hams.
>>
>> Encourage people to work contests and get deeper into the hobby 
and  
>> then we can encourage people to join the RSGB based on other 
benefits,  
>> like the QSL Bureau, RadCom etc.
>> Find some other incentives, perhaps like ARRL and put all the 
RadCom  
>> articles on-line for members. Softly, softly, catchy monkey!
>>   
>
>
>-- 
>Regards from 
>
>Chris Soames
>G0TZZ
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