[UK-CONTEST] Straight Key Night...good idea!

[Dave Sergeant]

On 12 Aug 2010 at 15:50, Nigel G3TXF wrote:

> But please limit the "contraints" to having to send CW with
> a straight-key. Not being able to use a PC for logging (and
> hence having only paper logs) would increase the work for
> the adjudicators massively, and would probably make the
> whole thing impractical. 
> 

And it would mean that I would have to beg/steal/borrow a straight key 
for the occasion. Not sure I would be even be able to drive one these 
days..

Should certainly be limited to real straight keys (or mechanical 
bugs?), electronic paddles not allowed. As for logging, paper logging 
with electronic logs created by the entrant post event I guess would be 
OK. But not sure how one would police that paper was really used during 
the event.

Maybe an event for New Year's Eve like it is in the USA - or maybe we 
this side of the pond do other things then?

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com