[UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters

Sat Jul 23 07:52:15 PDT 2011

And I shall be listening with interest from 19-22z tonite.

If WX lousy may do the same tomorrow.

Must check with the missus when the weekend ends - don't want to be out of
sync with all those ragchewers ):

73 Cris
GM4FAM

> 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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