[UK-CONTEST] Weekday contests

[Keith Maton]

Hi Ed,

Ahh - The wonders of mis-understanding through text messages with no  
visible emotions!

Or, "Oh the ironing" :-)

I've not experienced the 80m evening contests, perhaps I should hoi a  
wire up sometime and see how they go.

73
Keith, G6NHU





On 7 Oct 2009, at 18:07, Ed -- GW3SQX wrote:

>
> Hi Keith,
>
> I was trying to be ironic -- obviously not very successfully!  The  
> VHF/UHF
> UKAC events are similar to the 80m evening contests, in that the  
> entrants
> have a very wide range of experience.  However, many HF contesters  
> consider
> the international events (at weekends) offer the greatest contesting
> challenges, and the weekday contests are good as a warm-up.  Some of  
> those
> who think they're pretty good at HF contests could have a crack at  
> VHF and
> UHF events, where they would be the novices trying to keep up with  
> the rest!
>
> One difference that is evident is that there is a lot more  
> discussion about
> HF contests on this reflector than about VHF/UHF contests.  This  
> gives the
> impression that little is going on above 30MHz, which is definitely  
> not the
> case.  And it's worth saying that there could be more cross-over  
> between HF
> and VHF contesters -- both groups have things to learn from each  
> other.
>
> 73,
>
> Ed, GW3SQX
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Maton" <g6nhu at me.com>
> To: "UK Contest reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Weekday contests
>
>
>> I'm not sure how to take that.  It comes over as quite offensive to
>> VHF/UHF operators in that you're suggesting they need to be shown how
>> to operate by HF contesters.
>>
>> I'm sure that not every single person who operates in "real" (to use
>> your description) weekend contests is perfect.  The UKAC bashes
>> attract a very wide skill range of operators from total novice to  
>> very
>> experienced and that's surely a good thing.
>>
>> I'll try and ensure that if we hear you in one of the weekday  
>> contests
>> that we get our best operator to work you.
>>
>> 73
>> Keith, G6NHU
>>
>>
>>
>>