[UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters

[geoff plucknett]

Aha the first sneaky IOTA reference.

Geoff G4FKA

On 22 July 2011 17:40, Chris Tran GM3WOJ <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com> wrote:

> 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 *
>
>
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