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

[Mike Farmer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Straight Key Night...good idea!


> 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.
> >
>
> 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
>
>
>

I would not favour the New Years Eve suggestion I would have thought 1 April
was a better day.

Can we close this thread and make suggestions on how to get young blood into
the hobby which is supposed to be forward (not backward) looking?

Mike
G3VAO