[UK-CONTEST] CQWW SSB - Some thoughts

[John Hague]

I couldn't agree more.  I enjoy contesting and in 2008, managed to come 1st in England in a couple of categories in the CQ WPX CW contest.  Rig was an FT990, into an Inverted-L.

73,
John G4GOY




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From: Andy Swiffin <a.l.swiffin at dundee.ac.uk>
To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 12:15:57
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CQWW SSB - Some thoughts

>>> On 28/10/2009 at 12:00, in message
<D2A7D112C85C45749815B0DEC9DF4AFA at HPLAPTOPG3SXW>, "Roger G3SXW"
<g3sxw at btinternet.com> wrote:
>  All others are 'recommended' to report frequencies. I 
> would guess that almost all serious contesters these days do have CAT 


So only rich people with plenty of disposable income can be serious contesters then?

I think that's actually quite an insulting attitude.   Someone can be a "serious" contester without having a station that has any chance of getting anywhere near winning a contest.   I thought we were trying to get more people into this game not put them off,  there are plenty of older rigs out there that can do a perfectly good job without having to spend a fortune (if you haven't got it).     There's people like Calum McCormick doing a brilliant job at getting young scouts hooked on amateur radio and contesting in particular,   I can see some of them becoming "serious contesters", but having the spare cash for a modern rig, less likely just yet.

73
'8oeg










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