[UK-CONTEST] Vargarda Antennas & Domineering VHF ContestStations

[Eddie G0EHV]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Price" <ron.price2 at virgin.net>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Vargarda Antennas & Domineering VHF 
ContestStations


>
>
> David G4ASR wrote:
>
> 'Contests are NOT necessarily just for winning - or indeed for entering in 
> a
> formal way.
> They are a much needed way of increasing activity on the VHF/UHF/Microwave
> bands.
> And that is the real reason why they are so important - and why the rules
> should (maybe) be pitched more at
> increasing activity rather than the competitive aspects.'
>
> I agree.
> I have a chance of winning some VHF contests I enter, and over the years 
> and
> have managed to win a few or been placed in the top three.
> I still enter contests, VHF & HF, that I know I have little chance of
> winning just for the fun of taking part and for comparing my performance
> with previous attempts or with similar equiped stations.
> You will find the same calls appearing in the middle of the results table
> year on year so obviously they must be getting some satisfaction from just
> taking part.
> If we all adopted Gavin's attitude.....
> 'Surely you enter a competition to win, no other reason. If the winner is
> already decided before the contest has started purely down to his 
> geographic
> location then what is the point of entering? ------'
> then the contest scene would collapse!
>
> Ron,
> GW4EVX
>
>
>
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Hello,
Can I agree with Ron's comments - in fact one of my benchmarks on 4 Metres 
is whether I mange to beat GW4EVX/P!

I enter and compete against my previous year's scores although it's nice to 
get somewhere in the top 25% of the results.
I know I'm unlikely to win, except in the single operator G0EHV call 
section!

It's a fun day out and if the weather is fine it's a bonus.

Regards,
Eddie
G0EHV (Usually /P)