Can we drop the contest bashing? This is not the forum for it anyway.
Besides, per the list owner, WA6HHQ from only yesterday:
In general, please do not argue on the Elecraft list pro/con about various
emission modes like ESSB, CW vs no-code, QRP vs QRO, Contesting etc and their
appropriateness to amateur radio. This list is not a forum for amateur radio
policy. Also, impolite discussion is in direct violation of the list guidelines.
On 4/30/2014 11:18 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
I have to fully agree, personally I have never seen the point of contesting, it
all seems pretty pointless.
In nearly every contest, I see the same thing contesters with little regard for
other Amateurs.
I like to run JT65 and SSTV and on on the CW and RTTY contest the JT65
Frequencies are Full
with CW or RTTY and on the SSB contest the SSTV frequencies are full SSB voice
contesters.
And the typical response from contesters are "Use the WARC Bands".
I guess some must have a need to do something to make themselves feel special.
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From: AG0N-3055 <[email protected]>
To: Kevin Stover <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRQ CW
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:49:18 -0500, Kevin Stover wrote:
Maybe if the big contest guns did the same we wouldn't have the visceral
anti-contest attitudes displayed, and get more people involved.
You're talking to one of the anti crowd. It has nothing to do with
speed. It has to do with the fact that most of us don't like the chaos
of contests, and the fact that for some reason, people seem to think
there needs to be some sort of contest every damned weekend. Boy do I
relish the old days where there were less than a hand full of contests a
year. The two main ones were Field Day and Sweepstakes. If you were
into DX, there was the annual DX contest.
Contests were something SPECIAL those days, and even I took part in
them. They were fun because they were special. These days, there's
nothing special at all about them. You can't even get a meaningful
signal report now. Your 5NN, but would you repeat because you're too
weak to copy. They are just another boring noisy weekend when you can't
enjoy the bands.
Gary
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73,
Gary K9GS
Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org
Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com
CW Ops #1032 http://www.cwops.org
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