[UK-CONTEST] 4m Trophy

[Ray James]

Agree with Quin 100%.

Much more fun with the possibility of E's plus tactics and skill have a much greater part to play and that makes the contest more interesting.  
The secret to success in this event is not just working lots of stations for PPKm but picking up the all important postal codes to multiply your PPKm total by. Stations thinking they've done well concentrating working lots of E's DX at the expense of UK contacts will be sadly dissapointed when the results appear. Getting drunk on DX leads to a miserable hangover! 
E's throws a nice spanner in the works over non E conditions like what was experienced when the contest was held in August. To some extent, the advantage that GM, GI, GD and GU/GJ had will reduce and no one area can guarantee success one year to the next. 

As an aside, I also agree with a previous suggestion of having the 6m and 4m Trophy Contest during the same weekend.....June?
This would help reduce the HF/VHF contest participation congestion that effects some around this popular time by a small factor. It would enable greater manpower resources to be shared over one weekend rather than two.

73 Ray GM4CXM




--- On Wed, 28/7/10, QUENTIN COLLIER <q.g.collier at btinternet.com> wrote:

> From: QUENTIN COLLIER <q.g.collier at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 4m Trophy
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, 28 July, 2010, 11:44
> I'd like to put an alternative point
> of view. I have to admit up front that I am 
> a very rare operator on 4m (basically VHF NFD for the
> club): but hopefully that 
> doesn't disqualify me from expressing an opinion!
> 
> I don't disagree that the availability of sporadic E makes
> it a bit of a 
> lottery: but from the point of view of very modest stations
> that might be an 
> advantage.  Under tropo only conditions we know that we'll
> be way down the stack 
> ("I know my place" to quote from a 1960s comedy
> sketch).....but the possibility 
> with Es that we might fortuitously be in the right place
> and do well adds a 
> certain piquancy to the proceedings and perhaps makes it
> more enjoyable.
> 
> Asbestos suit on and ready for counterblast....
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quin G3WRR
> 
> PS - this is if course my personal view and not that of me
> with my Contest 
> Committee hat on.....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ken Eastty <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 July, 2010 11:00:27
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 4m Trophy
> 
> Bryn seems to have summed up what most other entrants to
> the
> 4m Trophy contest thin, This contest should be moved back
> to the August 
> date as E's make it too much of a lottery (even if it might
> allow those 
> of us who are not as well placed as Bryn to give him a run
> for his money!).
> The change of time & date this year certainly didn't do
> much for 
> activity & the number of stations entering.
> 
> I would be very interested to see a map of all of the
> stations appearing 
> in the logs entered, the maps showing the stations that I
> worked this 
> year & '09 seem to show some areas where there are no
> (or very few) 
> stations active, in particular London within the M25 where
> in the past 
> there was plenty of 4m activity & the East Midlands.
> Is there really no activity in these areas or am I just not
> hearing what 
> activity there is?
> 
> 73...
> 
> Ken
> 
> G3LVP
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Do not move 4m Trophy so that it "might" align with
> possible Es
> > propagation. All Es does during a contest is unbalance
> the "playing field" Es  
> >can be
> > good in one area and absolutely do nothing in the rest
> of the UK.
> 
> >
> > Stop all the griping and leave the 4m and 6m Trophies
> well alone.
> >
> 
> >
> > Bryn Llewellyn G4DEZ
> >
> >
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