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

[Clive GM3POI]

That is why you make UK areas multipliers NOT 
bonuses. Because with an opened out contest it could 
be swamped by a D4 etc. 73 Clive GM3POI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Whelan" <clive at gw3njw.net>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Re :- RSGB 21/28MHz Contest


> Seems to me however that HFCC need to take account 
> of the difference
> between what people say and what they actually do.
>
>
> If I recall, precisely the same situation occurred 
> when the 7Mhz DX
> contest was cancelled, viz there was an outcry, but 
> the plain and
> glaring fact was that nobody cared enough to get on 
> and make it viable.
> Those with good medium term memories will recall 
> that the 21/28 was, for
> a number of years, swamped by the WAG contest, and 
> had to be moved. The
> fact is, sadly without doubt, that a contest where 
> everyone just works
> the U.K. is proven not to be viable, because unlike 
> the DLs, the SPs et
> al, we simply cannot get our troops in the field in 
> sufficient numbers;
> how I wish it were otherwise. In view of the 
> outcry, it is clearly part
> of the democratic process that this event should 
> receive a staay of
> execution, but that it should be judged harshly on 
> the turn out next
> year which needs to be substantial if it is to have 
> any future.
>
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
>
> On 12/11/2010 11:56, Steve GW4BLE wrote:
>> Seems to me there's something fundamentally wrong 
>> here....
>>
>> Certainly no question that Steve G3UFY is 
>> accurately reporting the views of
>> the  HF Committee, the problem is the HFC did 
>> fully appreciate the
>> groundswell for this particular contest coming 
>> from those in attendance at
>> Horwood House?   It appears not.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>> GW4BLE
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Chris Tran GM3WOJ
>> Sent: 12 November 2010 07:39
>> To: Steve Knowles; uk-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Re :- RSGB 21/28MHz 
>> Contest
>>
>> Hello Steve et al
>>
>> I apologise for any perceived insult to you 
>> personally, which was not my
>> intention at all. My first sentences were intended 
>> to point out that the
>> HFCC may not have listened to what the Horwood 
>> House forum contesters seemed
>>
>> to request - namely an extension of the life of 
>> the 21/28 contest beyond
>> just one more year.
>>
>> As I said before, we need to 'talk up' UK contests 
>> instead of trying to get
>> rid of them - early October is prime HF time and 
>> the UK could easily run a
>> contest then which would attract worldwide 
>> participation.
>>
>> 73
>> Chris
>> GM3WOJ
>>
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