[UK-CONTEST] U.K. contesting in 2012

[Peter Day]

On 05/02/2012 22:59, Gavin Stirling GM0WDD wrote:
> Ok I'll bite. I occasionally have a dabble on VHF but having listened
> into an HF contest what a bore and you do it over 24 or 48 hours!
> It's almost as exciting as playing golf, watching snooker or the
> Super Bowl.  :-/
>
> Sell it to me as I don't see the attraction. There are many more
> attractive ways of spending my life than listening to a wall of
> noise......
>
> Regards, Gav GM0WDD



Gavin... if you have this viewpoint on contests, what made you subscribe 
to this reflector? Just curious :-) I wouldn't have thought an 
occasional dabble in VHF contests would have drawn you to what is 
largely a group of die hard contesters!

Best wishes,


Peter, G3PHO