[UK-CONTEST] Re :- RSGB 21/28MHz Contest

[David G3YYD]

Nick

Interesting counter point of view and thank you for your contribution to 
the discussion.

Making the assumption that I am not interested in DX is an incorrect 
deduction. I read the rules of any contest very carefully before I enter 
so I can generate the best strategy for doing well in that contest. In 
many, but not all contests, this means working a lot of DX on all HF 
bands, QED I am interested in DX.

There is nothing stopping people who want to contest on 10m or 15m doing 
single band entries in major contests and competing against like minded 
entrants. In the process working what DX is available. Given the orders 
of magnitude greater activity in major contests like CQ WW and CQ WPX 
then it does make the argument about 10/15m DX opportunity via this 
contest very weak indeed.

73 David G3YYD

On 10/11/2010 18:16, Nick Totterdell wrote:
> David - an avid contester yes, but if you would prefer a VHF contest to
> 21/28 then clearly you are not an avid DXer.
>
> The 21/28 contest is the only remaining RSGB contest where a UK
> competitor with a modest station has a reasonable expectation of working
> lots of DX - without the commonwealth restriction of Beru. Working DX
> from the UK in the big international contests is more difficult. Perhaps
> the results this year could include a list of all the countries active,
> like in Beru?
>
> Obviously the DX aspect doesn't rock your boat or that of many of the
> contest committee members.
>
> The big disadvantage that the 21/28 contest has is that it is only much
> fun for a few years in each sunspot cycle.
>
> On that note, the introductory paragraph for HF contests on  the RSGB CC
> website states:
>
> "There is another important plus factor and that is the contribution
> that contests make to the long term interests of the amateur service by
> ensuring band occupancy, particularly on the higher frequencies during
> the minimum sunspot years. "
>
> When this contest is scrapped, as you condone, then that paragraph will
> have to be amended because the committee will have nothing left that
> meets the criterion.
>
> I don't understand all this energy and resources talk. There is some
> work involved in adjudication and publishing results - but no more than
> that for each of the individual weekly 80m contests. The energy expended
> in operating continuously for 12 hours is probably more than the sum of
> all energy expended in administering the contest.
>
> Although you don't mention the complaint about low UK participation,
> which is the driver behind the move to kill the contest,  I find this a
> bit odd too. For many DX locations, the window of propagation to the UK
> is very short and there are plenty enough UK stations to work.
>
> Nick G4FAL
>
>
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