[UK-CONTEST] VHF-NFD Fixed Stations

[Andy Swiffin]

>>> On 09/07/2009 at 17:04, in message
<40c7e7600907090904o549d567dl65c1a59a051f2219 at mail.gmail.com>, Pete Lindsay
<psl at plcg.org> wrote:
> As the original instigator, rule maker, or whatever you would like to call
> me, of this section I would like to set out what the committee was trying to
> achieve.

And you are to be congratulated on introducing something which has clearly captured peoples imagination and certainly for me spurred me on to spend more time in the contest.  (Even if the lawn didn't get cut)

> This section was in some ways an experiment, to try something new, so we are
> very happy to receive feedback 
...
> Will we be
> allowing entrants in a sweepers section to call CQ - no of course not. If
> you want to call CQ, no problem, just go out /P and have see how much fun it
> can be!


So you're happy to receive feedback which you    _had already decided_    to completely ignore?  This is no great surprise, I'm coming to expect it of this RSGB committee.

Quite a  number of people, some of whom are quite well known and respected (OK, I know you're all respected, its just that I don't know you all as well :)  have expressed opinions here that they enjoyed the sweepers section but thought the No CQ rule was a bad idea.    There are few who have spoken in favour of it.   This is now getting to be a familiar story, just like Ray(CXM)s  complaints about the use of M2 for NAC rather than just allowing UK locators to be multipliers, which a number of people here have expressed a preference for.   I thought the idea of a committee is that it represented the views of the members?   The members seem to be speaking but being completely ignored.   


> We published a list of registered NFD stations and the folks at
> home can see how many they can find and work on each band.
>...
> these are the guys who took the rules in the spirit they were meant
> and showed you can have fun without calling CQ.

Fine if you're in IO91 or environs......
No wonder we used to call the RSGB the "London Radio Club"

73
gm8oeg



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