[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contests - IOTA

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I agree Dave, we have enough with dumbed down TV (even on the BBC!), lets not start doing that with contests.

Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

On 22 Jun 2010, at 08:52, Dave Sergeant wrote:

> On 21 Jun 2010 at 0:00, Sidney Will wrote:
> 
>> I have long thought that island stations should not send 
>> serial numbers.  The repoprt is quite long enough with 599 
>> eu005.  Has this ever been discussed? and if so, is there a 
>> good reason for having Island stations send serial numbers.
>> 
>> 
>> 73  de  Sid, GM4SID
>> 
> 
> 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. Correct copy of 
> something unpredictable like a serial number (or eg a postcode in 
> ROPOCO) is an excellent way of improving your communication skills. In 
> the case of IOTA removing serial numbers from all island stations would 
> mean for instance that nobody in the whole of the UK would be sending 
> any serials....
> 
> No, dumbing down contests like this is bad.