[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2010

[Clive GM3POI]

I think it's a British thing of heaven forbid anyone 
that actually wants to win in anything or be 
internationally Competitive. Rather like "better to 
compete than win" that sometimes rears it's head 
still in Competition.  You can of course operate any 
number of hours during any Contest that is a matter 
of you.
73 Clive GM3POI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob - G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest 2010


> 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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