[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contests - IOTA

[cris at gm4fam.plus.com]

Roger SXW is far too modest to mention this, so I will.

Its CQWWCW  1997 and we have just started our first ever multi-multi
operation as 5V7A - Togo is rare, not super rare, but rare enough to
attract many vintage DXers worldwide who need it on 40 to 160m in
particular.
Now, its difficult enough to work a CO-CHANNEL pileup from one direction
but at that time of nite in Togo 40m was the band to be if you were in any
of the three populated areas - EU, JA and NA.

It is something to behold listening to a pileup of hundreds of Northern
Hemisphere calls all at equal strength, all anxious to snag a rare one;
and G3SXW was one of the very few I know who could handle the immense
pileups - hour after hour.

I defy anyone who has been on the receiving end of such constant demand to
say "not much challenge in that".

73 Cris
GM4FAM


> 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
>
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