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

[Alex GM3ZBE]

Hi
Personally I would be useless on a straight key,  I have never used one 
since I just scraped thru my 12wpm test using one.  Nevertheless if 
people would enjoy doing a Straight Key contest, I don't see what is 
silly about it - what's wrong with doing something which is different 
and, dare I say,fun, after a hobby is supposed to be for enjoyment?

Mike Farmer wrote:
> ----- 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!
>
>
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>> On 12 Aug 2010 at 15:50, Nigel G3TXF wrote:
>>
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>>> 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
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>>
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>>     
>
> 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
>
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