[UK-CONTEST] 144 MHz Trophy - lack of activity

[Ray James]

What relevance have these posts to do with the subject under discussion as per the subject title or provide any reasonable solutions to improve things?

None!

73 Ray F/GM4CXM


--- On Sun, 11/9/11, Paul Gibson <gibson.a.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Gibson <gibson.a.paul at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 144 MHz Trophy - lack of activity
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 21:16
> Having never posted here, bear with
> me....
> 
> When I passed my Novice exam in 1999 at the age of 16 I was
> very happy with
> my self, but instantly frustrated as I had little interest
> in VHF, I wanted
> to play on HF and talk to all the stations I'd been
> listening to for the
> last few years on my 2nd hand £50 rx.
> 
> I then took the RAE in December of the same year and passed
> - again, very
> pleased with my self - RAE @ 16 with no real encouragement
> (but much
> support) from my parents made me proud, proudness did
> little to stiffle my
> desire to get on HF, I simply had/have no interest in CW at
> all, much like
> many of the people who will read this will have no interest
> in digi modes
> (neither do I, despite having a more than an average
> interest in computers)
> and would scream and cry if they had to pass an exam in
> digi modes to get on
> HF....Yes CW gives advantages over SSB, but so do many digi
> modes.  This is
> a hobby, and people should be allowed to enjoy it how they
> want, there is
> absolutely no valid reason why someone who dislikes sending
> dits and dahs
> should not be allowed to 4have a vocal or digital
> conversation on
> frequencies below 50MHz.
> 
> I have a very thick tin hat on :)
> 
> Paul, M1dse
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 01:48, Rob Hall <m0rby at waylock.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > How many of us think, "Wow, I've got a full duplex
> microwave transceiver in
> > my hand", when we ring our SO on the milk situation at
> home via GiffGaff,
> > O2
> > or Virgin?
> >
> > I still wonder at it all (which is why I am a ham) and
> there are youngsters
> > out there who still have that sense of
> ooooohhhhhhhhh!
> >
> > Vive le school enrichment programme and STELLAR!
> >
> > Let's encourage development and the future, continue
> launching satellites,
> > developing forward error correction and bringing the
> right candidates
> > forward for the Royal Signals with all you dit dah did
> it stuff and all
> > will
> > be well. Moreover, encourage inter-family
> communication because, if you
> > can't get it right there, you are stuffed otherwise!
> >
> > Rob M0RBY
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of G0JKZ
> > Sent: 09 September 2011 20:47
> > To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 144 MHz Trophy - lack of
> activity
> >
> > Sure things were declining before the changes.
> >
> >  You say why force people to do something they
> didn't want to do... I was
> > forced to use vhf/uhf until I took a morse test. I was
> forced to do it. I
> > never wanted to do morse and the minute I passed the
> test the key went in
> > the bin. They only reason I have a key in my shack is
> to switch to cw mode
> > to tune the ATU and linear.
> >
> > To maintain the interest, I would have suggested
> something like the
> > American
> > model, limited hf access from test pass then expanding
> the frequency bands
> > with each grade. I certainly wouldn't suggest anything
> 'like wot we had to
> > do' and say 50mhz up for novice but maybe 40m and 10m
> and everything from
> > 50mhz up for novice, intermediate 80m, 30m and
> 20m  as well and advanced
> > everything.
> >
> > The biggest problem is the hobby itself. It isn't a
> hobby that attracts the
> > young like it used to. In this day and age of
> appliances and instant
> > gratification people want things to work as soon as
> the button is pressed,
> > none of this experimentation, learning or trial and
> error. Again, saying
> > that, I am secretary of a club where very few people
> who have licences
> > actually operate, either from home or even less, from
> the club station...
> > Sometimes I have thought of proposing we sell the club
> radios seeing as
> > they
> > get used do rarely...
> >
> > George
> > G0JKZ