[UK-CONTEST] nfd rules

[Tom GM4FDM]

NFD is unique in the respect that you have to "take your station to the 
field" rather than the CC series which can be done from home.

Surely the elite of Contesting can utilise the CQWW series, the WPX 
series the ARRL series, the DARC series, the REF series, etc etc etc
to indulge their ego trips and leave NFD as it is, the one true contest 
where actual skill at operating the RADIO wins, over the skill of 
operating the COMPUTER.


Tom
GM4FDM

On 14/06/2011 00:07, Clive GM3POI wrote:
> Those contests Tom already exist every month in the CC series.
> Unfortunately very few of the new entrants of the CCs would appear to
> have thought about setting up even a single band effort in NFD.
>        As a general point it's not a  good idea to reduce  Contests to
> the lowest common denominator, it should be after all about self
> improvement. We don't need the Nanny state of amateur radio Contesting
> as well.
>    73 Clive GM3POI
>
> On 13/06/2011 19:20, Tom GM4FDM wrote:
>> I've been sitting on the sidelines with this one fretting and biting my
>> nails.
>>
>> Its been sometime since I entered NFD so feel that my comments may be a
>> little (like me) dated!
>>
>> Everybody bemoans the fact that there are not a lot of newcomers into
>> contests like NFD and its the same old clubs
>> that enter each year.   Recently I visited a Club populated mainly by
>> MM3s   A fine bunch of lads, anxious to learn,
>> but just totally put off and switched off by the constant talk of
>> skimmers, 60 foot towers, reverse beacon networks and
>> so on.   Is it possible that we could have one contest where newcomers
>> would not feel overwhelmed with technology and that they
>> could feel that they are achieving something using the simplest of
>> stations.   Yes, I know there is an open and a restricted section,
>> but all the recent talk on the reflector has been of ramping up the
>> Contest to satisfy the ego of the already elite.
>>
>> There are many contests you can enter from home where you can use all
>> the receivers and skimmers you want, single operator 5 radios and
>> amplifiers  if you want it, but there should also be a contest like
>> field day, where everything is simple, newcomers are welcome, and the
>> technologyis not over their heads or beyond their means.
>>
>> Tom
>> GM4FDM
>> GOM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13/06/2011 20:06, QUENTIN COLLIER wrote:
>>> We're thinking of permitting those (but only in the Open section) next year
>>> Colin.......
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quin WRR
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