[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 21 / 28MHz Contest 2010

[Chris Tran GM3WOJ]

Hi Nick et al

The proposed scrapping of the 21/28MHz contest seems to me a symptom of a 
wider malaise - namely why we in the UK cannot run international contests. 
Yes, the IOTA contest is highly successful and enjoyed worldwide, but is 
only one 24-hour event in the whole contesting year. We seem 
unable/reluctant to have our own UK events, based on the repeated message 
'there is not enough UK activity to support such an event'

I think that to use UK activity levels to decide whether an international 
contest could be organised or not is not necessarily the correct thinking. 
For example, 21 and 28MHz hopefully should get better over the next few 
years and there are literally thousands of contest-minded operators 
worldwide who would participate in any international event organised by the 
RSGB.

There is no hope of encouraging more UK participation if we keep deleting 
existing contests. This first weekend of October is a prime slot 
propagation-wise, which should not be given up without greater thought.

Looking at the contest calendar, the UK seems to be just about the only 
country without its own 'international' HF contest.

73
Chris
GM3WOJ