[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2010

[Rob - G4LMW]

Clive

The 12-hour section exists (so far as I am concerned) because some of us 
have a life outside of the shack.

What I really need is a "sneak off for 10 minutes here-and-there" section

73, Rob
G4LMW
http://www.G4LMW.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive GM3POI" <gm3poi2 at btinternet.com>
To: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2010


>I agree with Dave's Comments. I have always wondered
> why there is a 12 hour section, when other Major
> contests do not ( expect RSGB) is it a British lowest
> common denominator thing. It does then become a
> lottery who manages to work the part timers, and
> dependant on part timers choosing the correct times
> to operate
> for propagation.  73 Clive GM3POI
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2010
>
>
>> On 16 Mar 2010 at 9:05, cris at gm4fam.plus.com wrote:
>>
>>> With contacts now possible on 5 bands from these
>>> Northern climes
>>> choosing operating times in the 12 hour section
>>> has become almost
>>> impossibly difficult for score optimisation, so
>>> will do 24 hours next
>>> year
>>
>> It is perhaps questionable whether the 12 hour
>> sections can really be
>> justified in this sort of contest. I set out
>> intending to do 12 hours
>> in a not very serious entry with no overnight
>> operating, but when I had
>> finished I found I had actually done 14 hours. And
>> that was with some
>> hours, especially on Saturday morning, only having
>> one or two QSOs. So
>> I entered 24 hours (restricted). I thought I might
>> have qualified for
>> the QRP certificate (which I see I won last year,
>> but don't seem to
>> have actually received the bit of paper...) but it
>> seems from posts on
>> GQRP there are some who exceeded my 71 QSOs.
>>
>> An enjoyable contest, just as the chance to work
>> some rarer stuff
>> without the EU competition, but never one where I
>> would get anywhere
>> near winning so I guess it doesn't really matter
>> what column I appear
>> in.
>>
>> 73 Dave G3YMC
>>
>> http://www.davesergeant.com
>>
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