[UK-CONTEST] HF CW Field Day

[G3WVG]

I absolutely agree with John G4IRN.. This really does seem like pandering to the "old guard".  The "restricted section" is now synonymous with restricted ambition.
73 G3WVG aka G*0AAA/P .. Old but not "old guard"!

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On 13 Apr 2012, at 09:17, John Warburton G4IRN <qrz at dxdx.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> 
> I note the amendment to the NFD rules: (c)  a muting requirement applies 
> to receivers used -- this brings operation close to "big knob-little 
> knob" mode, and can be implemented with minimum external circuitry.
> 
> 
> As they initially stood, the new rules were exciting and a catalyst for 
> innovation - the potential was there for the restricted section of NFD 
> to be a training ground in leading-edge contest operating.
> 
> I really thought that the contest committee were thinking in the future 
> - why the back-track?
> 
> As a team, we were gearing up to the challenge of two-transceiver 
> (non-muted)  operation in the restricted section. We felt this was a 
> real opportunity to challenge the regular leading teams with new 
> operating techniques. The opportunity was there to expose your 
> once-a-year contester to world-class contesting methods - it's now just 
> slipped away, along with the potential training ground for top-notch 
> world contesters of the future.
> 
> Poor decision, contest committee, very disappointing. Stinks of 
> pandering to the old-guard.
> 
> John G4IRN.
> 
> 
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