[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contests - IOTA

[Roger G3SXW]

The skill is in working 200+ per hour, hour after hour, accurately logging 
call-signs. Plus mult-hunting; plus call-sign recognition (cranial 
super-check partial); plus working three point QSOs outside your own 
continent, plus knowing where to point the beam and when to rest . . . . . . 
. . no skill really!

There are dozens of contests. If you don't like one format contest then try 
another. But let & live. Don't belittle others who have different skill-sets 
and enjoy different activities. By the way this "unskilled" CQWW contest is 
by far the biggest contest in the world - some 30,000 contesters seem to 
like it!

PS: I have won several WAE and RoPoCo contests. I love the 
information-exchange. But CQWW is different. Pays yer money 'n takes yer 
choice, innit.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Andy Swiffin
> Sent: 22 June 2010 09:01
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contests - IOTA
>>
>> I am afraid this is a suggestion I strongly oppose. Removing serial
>> numbers or anything else that cannot be predicted from just the
>> callsign alone is bad. Contesting should be more than just rate, it
>> should be considered as an exercise in communicating.
>
> Me too.
>
> For example I find the CQ contests utterly pointless.   59 14 .... 
> Where's
> the skill in that?
>
> andy
> '8oeg