[UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters
Roger Western
g3sxw at btinternet.com
Sat Jul 23 05:18:23 PDT 2011
EXACTLY!
Dog in a manger!
73 de Roger/G3SXW.
-----Original Message-----
From: cris at gm4fam.plus.com
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 12:31 PM
To: UK-CONTEST at CONTESTING.COM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters
Have spent a couple of minutes on each hour from 07-12z listening around
40 and 80 ssb. Didn't hear any contest activity and precious few UK
stations ragchewing.
It is a weekend today innit?
73 Cris
GM4FAM
> Jim - their logic escapes me! The bands are full of signals because there
> are SO many contesters. The anti-contest brigade are dogs in mangers: they
> don't use the spectrum - when there's no contest the bands are dead. I
> can't
> reserve my favourite parking spot at the supermarket or my favourite seat
> on
> the train so they shouldn't expect an empty frequency, especially when
> tens
> of thousands are active.
>
> Some nights I drop in to my local pub and there's a load of people in
> there
> enjoying themselves, for goodness sake. Why can't a fellow sit quietly in
> the corner and read his book any longer. I mean t'say, every time I walk
> into a pub these days I can hear someone talking. They're so selfish,
> making
> noise like that - I expect peace and quiet in the pub. It's only fair.
> Every
> time I hear someone talking I just see red. I think that all pubs should
> ban entry by more than five people at a time. I'm not prepared to be
> banished to the quiet reading room so I'm going to give up drinking.
>
> Are there really 'so many' complaints? It suits RadCom to publish the odd
> letter every year or two - good journalism to stir up controversy.
> Everyone
> knows that contesters attract younger new hams, they are the life-blood of
> the hobby, pushing the technology envelope etc etc etc. One third of the
> HF
> bands are contest-free, there are very few large multi-mode contests.
> Let's
> face it there's always somewhere for an anti-contester to go but they
> don't
> want to: they love to hate.
>
> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Kellaway
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 8:52 AM
> To: 'UK Contest Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters
>
> Since there are so many complaints about contesting maybe we should get
> our
> heads out of the sand. I am sure most of the anti brigade are not
> completely
> against them. It just the number of contests that is the problem. Glib
> comments about WARC bands etc don't really cut the mustard.
>
> I wonder how many UK stations entered the various contests last weekend?
>
> 73 Jim G3RTE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Lawley
> Sent: 23 July 2011 00:18
> To: UK Contest Reflector
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters
>
> I disagree Chris. The constant drip drip drip of anti-contest letters
> gives the impression to others that contests are bad. I think it *is*
> time for contesters to flood Radcom with reasoned arguments why contests
> are a good thing, and pointing out some of the flaws in the recent
> letters.
>
> Then, if the Editor doesn't print them we will know she is biased.
>
> 73, Dave G4BUO
>
> Chris Tran GM3WOJ 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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