[UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters

[Chris Tran GM3WOJ]

Hello all

These letters to RadCom from the anti-contest brigade are, in a word,
tedious. They demonstrate complete ignorance of what is involved in setting
up even a modest contest station. They also seem to lack any clarity as to
what it is they are actually wanting - is it completely empty bands which
they can use at any time of their choosing ?

The letter writers also are blind to the fact that contesting is the
ultimate 'self-training', stimulates a lot of band activity, makes rare DXCC
entities available and that many technological innovations are a result of
contesting.

Quoting from one of this month's letters "The WARC bands were almost dead as
far as I was concerned, CW wasn't so good either, so like Bill I just
switched off!" - hmmm, this doesn't make sense.

Let's hope these letters fizzle out - as contesters it is tempting to reply
correcting their misconceptions, but I have a feeling we'll just add fuel to
the flames.

73
Chris
GM3WOJ

* GM7V EU-010 in IOTA *