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

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

> The RSGB seems to excell itself with running local contests like
> AFS, ROPOCO Club Calls and the like, but apart from the IOTA 
> Contest,
> there is not a single RSGB Contest, where stations can work the 
> word
> from their home station., generating activity for awards.

Best not mention the CC (aka BERU) here then and the corresponding 
Commonwealth Century Club awards.

Actually, being more interested in DXing than contesting I've 
usually milked contests for my own DXing needs rather than contest 
entry.  However, over the past year or so I've slowly increased my 
activity in the big contests to make this a less one sided deal. 
Though to be a bit perverse I've made use of my Logger32 reporting 
to avoid, in many cases, the big stations I've worked many times 
before and gone for uniques whilst S&P.

The UK stations seem to turn out in reasonable force for BERU. 
Excluding the big players there is a high proportion of serials in 
the 1-10 range.  I get the feeling that running late on in the 
contest at sub 20wpm and sticking with the little signals when they 
call maybe encourages more timid callers.

So maybe 21/28 needs a good dose of advertising both home and away, 
I didn't know it was on this year thinking it was already dead.  The 
12 hour format is wipe-out for me, not a hope in hell of competing 
with short skip EU stations but that wouldn't stop me from putting 
it about a bit conditions permitting.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO