[UK-CONTEST] UK AC M5 mults

[Andy Sharman]

All.

I must admit I have not been on at all this year, never enough hours in the day.

However 2013 will be different.

To that I agree don't break something that works.

Regards
Andy Sharman
G0UWS as G8SRC/P
Sent from my iPhone 4s

On 26 Oct 2012, at 19:53, "G4FNL" <graham at g4fnl.co.uk> wrote:

> I agree (I think) - and for the same reason, it would be great if we had
> separate VHF / HF contest reflectors too - don't you think?
> 
> 73 Graham G4FNL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UK-Contest [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Chris Parnell
> Sent: 26 October 2012 19:29
> To: UK contest Committee
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] UK AC M5 mults
> 
> 
> Hasn`t this topic just about been done to death.
> 
> We all don't live on a hill like Bryn used to, and can work the world (well
> EU) and his dog on VHF even under flat conditions.
> 
> As the system is--it WORKS for the majority of entrants, who are either
> prepared to make do with the poor set up they have, the poor location they
> have, decide to move if possible, or like several (quite a few in fact) of
> us in terrible home locations who would get sorely depressed by working on
> most bands on a Tuesday evening about 20 or so Q`s and be lucky to make a Q
> outside our own square --we go portable to make a reasonable entry for our
> clubs--not generally for our own vanity.
> 
> This cobblers about NE station not beaming E/SE/SW --we it seems to me that
> stations in the East rarely beam SW the number of times JO00 & JO01 don't
> reckon in the log is almost every contest. I rarely work GM/EI/DL/PA/ON but
> I and many others who also have problems in certain directions just get on
> with working the best we can and enjoy ourselves. I always beam in all
> directions at some time or other, with one antenna its pot luck if you
> happen to miss the square/s you need.
> 
> Incidentally I`m nearly 70yrs and still go /p on my own, the vast majority
> of my club members cant be bothered to operate (whether in a contest or what
> ever) from home or /P just a few dedicated ones (bloody fools perhaps).
> 
> I agree with Ray keep M5 as it is--don't fiddle with something that works
> well for the majority.
> 
> Chris G0HFX 
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