[UK-CONTEST] Shameless IOTA plug

[G4LMW]

Indeed, blatant

I could of course point out that Newbury & DARS will be active again on 
EU-120 as G7N... but I wont

Rob, G4LMW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "geoff plucknett" <geoffg4fka at virginmedia.com>
To: "Chris Tran GM3WOJ" <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters


> 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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