I'm just glad there is very little, if any, of this in VHF contesting.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:32 AM, John Dorr <cqk1ar@gmail.com> wrote:
> FWIW, I offer some observations as one of your humble moderators:
>
> 1) Contesting is supposed to be fun. The recent thread(s) on this channel
> are anything but that. We have largely become a group of mean-spirited
> curmudgeons firing one salvo after another at each other. This makes your
> AR sad.
>
> 2) As a potential aspiring new contester, I would not walk but run very far
> away from contesting after reading much of the email traffic on this
> channel over the past few weeks.
>
> 3) Many of the posts on this channel have become personal. Tom and I have
> deleted many for that reason. They often lack facts and are all-too-often
> defensive.
>
> I am the first to applaud spirited debate. Frankly, what I've been reading
> of late is an embarrassment to our sport. We should all be ashamed.
>
> Can I suggest you reboot and think two or three times before making your
> next post? We're better than our current work product. At least, I'd like
> to think so.
>
> Thank you.
>
> 73, John, K1AR
>
> PS: The next forecasted sunspot peak is estimated to be in only 2905 days.
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