[UK-CONTEST] Happy Contesting

[Callum (M0MCX)]

Thank the Lord! Great post :)

I hope you win OM!

73

Callum McCormick


On 22 Nov 2010, at 23:10, Gordon Brown <gordonbrowns at btinternet.com>  
wrote:

> I am getting sick and tired of people on this group moaning and  
> groaning about
> contest scoring etc.  I have been entering contests under a number  
> of call signs
> for over 50 years and I haven’t entered one with the sole purpose of 
>  winning,
> the main purpose is to enjoy operating although I have had some  
> success
> stories.  I use a modest rig – an IC706 to an aerial that doesn’t  
> draw too much
> attention to itself – a 40 m dipole up 37 feet.  A beam, even for VH 
> F, would
> have at least one neighbour knocking at my door.
> If I don’t think the rules of a contest give me a fair chance, like  
> IOTA where
> single band entries are not allowed, then I just join in to give  
> some points
> away.  If I merely wanted to win then I would buy a 2 kW amplifier  
> and enter the
> QRP  or LOW or even the high power section but where is the  
> satisfaction in
> that?  Trying to stay awake for 48 hours isn’t fun especially as one 
>  rapidly
> reaches 70 years old and is not particularly fit but I do it because  
> I enjoy
> operating under contest conditions so much.  If I didn’t enjoy it I  
> would
> quickly find another hobby to fill my time – yes it is a hobby and i 
> f I won a
> big lottery prize then I would find an ideal spot for HF and VHF,  
> buy an
> amplifier for the maximum power I can run and have the best station  
> in the
> country but as I don’t do the lottery I will remain happy with my lo 
> t.  One
> contest I really enjoy is the RSGB Club Contest where I can pit  
> myself against
> other local amateurs with similar stations and try to beat them – it 
> ’s a
> friendly rivalry and encourages us all to improve our operating  
> standards.  Oh
> how I dream of the old days when I pitted my homebrew 6V6 TX,  
> converted
> broadcast rx and paper logs and check sheets against the world in  
> contests.  I
> never won but even now I remember the excitement.
>
> In short – if you don’t enjoy it don’t pester me and fill up my  
> mailbox with
> your gripes.
> CQWW this weekend 7MHz Low Power I’m excited already.  Wife –  
> pour me another
> double single malt please.
> The happiest amateur on the planet.
> Gordon G3MZV G1N.
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