[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contest Results -- 1st 1.8MHz Contest

[Christopher Plummer]

Guys,
 
May I support Stewarts call for the SSB to remain at the same time/date as the NL contest.  Before anything is said about nonentrants, although I did not put in an entry in the contest, I was active and gave away a load of points both on CW and SSB.  If we as a whole group want amateur radio in general and contests specifically to remain alive, then we should be encouraging the novices and intermediate license holders to take part, and to do this we should include a SSB element to the events. 
 
As an RSGB instructor, I have experienced a number of the students asking... 'Why do contests stick to CW, is it an Old timers thing?'  To combat this thought we must encorage them onto the air, and experience contests, if this has to be SSB then so be it.  
 
It is noticable how the entry of Novice and Intermediate license holders in the 80m CC events is coming along and increasing month by month, mostly in the phone events, but also data and to some extent CW sessions as well.  The more the merrier...
 
Chris G8APB 
 

> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:45:01 +0100
> From: stewart at g3ysx.org.uk
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contest Results -- 1st 1.8MHz Contest
> 
> On 17/04/2012 12:12, Clive GM3POI wrote:
> > I think most may have noticed that in this contest a total of FIVE entrants
> > were in the Mixed mode. Hardly an endorsement of having SSB in these
> > contests, another wrong decision in my view.
> > 73 Clive GM3POI
> 
> Thing is that it seems that you can only win in the mixed mode, since
> if you go single mode you miss a number of contacts and a number
> of bonuses.
> 
> I think that the contest would be better as two separate contests
> a CW and an SSB. SSB would probably get more support if it were
> not concurrent with the CW, but please can SSB remain concurrent with
> the NL contest as a lot of stations worked were there because of
> the NL contest.
> 
> Stewart/G3YSX
> 
> 
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