I would like to point out that we all have different perspectives and
should allow that some people are going to look at things differently than
ourselves.
Trying to call someone's position "ridiculous" is well - ridiculous.
We can all make our points without having to make personal comments like
these.
Thanks.
Tree
On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 11:02 AM, K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net> wrote:
> :::: Your contention that a few hours of a contest "interferes" with
> DX'ing, QRP, and digital is ridiculous since it provides many more
> opportunities to pursue those very activities by providing contacts when
> there is typically very little to behad. I've never noticed any amount of
> activity, specifically on 160, on a non contest weekend, that would be
> impacted since there typically is hardly any...again, specifically on 160
> meters.
> BILL K4OWR
>
> On 1/3/2016 1:54 PM, Michael St. Angelo wrote:
>
>> The Stew Perry contest is one of the better ones but I agree with Larry
>> and
>> Joe. Contests tend to take over the band and interferes with other form
>> of
>> operation such as DX'ing, QRP and probably Digital operators.
>>
>> What is missing is that we don't have a "WARC" type MF band which is free
>> of
>> contest operation.
>>
>> Maybe we could compromise. Is it possible to limit the SP to a portion of
>> the band that does not interfere with the DX, QRP and Digital frequencies?
>>
>> Mike N2MS
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
>> Wilkowski
>> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 3:49 PM
>> To: 'Larry Burke'; topband@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Beef
>>
>> Well, since it is a public forum I have to side with Larry on this. I am
>> a
>> contester and enjoy mostly top band operating but I would have to agree
>> that
>> too much of a good thing gets old quick. It used to be that you looked
>> forward to the SP, but warm-ups, pre-warmups etc. seem to carry the theme
>> too far.
>> - Joe K8FC
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
>> Burke
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 6:38 PM
>> To: topband@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Beef
>>
>> Fortunately participation is not mandatory for those who have had enough.
>>>
>> Ah, but that's exactly my point. Those with a limited or no interest in
>> this
>> event DO have to "participate" in it by virtue of the additional weekend
>> of
>> chaos that it causes.
>>
>> - Larry K5RK
>>
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