[UK-CONTEST] NFD

[M0RXX]

Ken
Look at the CC results M3, M6 and MM6's things are looking up.

Stuart Southern. 

Radio Amateur. M0RXX
First Aid Saves Lives.

Think - If a Cardiac Arrest happened where you are now - where would the nearest AED be?

AEDs save lives..."The Resuscitation Council (UK) strongly recommends the implementation of early defibrillation. Increased provision of early defibrillation through the widespread deployment of AEDs is now considered a realistic strategy for reducing mortality from cardiac arrest due to ischaemic heart disease."

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On 21 Mar 2012, at 21:30, Ken Eastty <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com> wrote:

>   But the excitement in NFD should surely come primarily from operating.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Too late for that Dave....
> 
> "CW skimmer like technology (eg. MixW) is permitted as a CW reader to 
> allow non-CW literate operators to participate",
> 
> Stick up the antenna, Switch on the rig, Hook up the Laptop & go down 
> the pub, sounds good to me, I also thought that
> NFD was about CW operating.
> 
> From recent contest results I get the impression that very few new Full 
> licencees take part in contests but it's hard to be sure as I don't have 
> a recent edition of the Callbook, once upon a time current callsigns 
> being issued were published regularly in Radcom perhaps it's time for 
> this to be reinstated.
> What is noticeable is that very few M3 & 2E/M/W calls appear in the 
> results of the main RSGB contests either on HF or VHF
> possibly as a result of being restricted to 10 or 50W. Separate awards 
> for operators in these classes might encourage a few more of them to 
> participate..
> 
> 73...
> 
> Ken
> 
> G3LVP
> 
> 
> 
> 
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