As a former contester, I can attest to Jerry's point of view. Sometimes I work
Field Day, but not to contest - just to have fun and occasionally give someone
a few points.
I have no intention of even submitting a score. I don't seek contacts and just
'lope-along'. Occasionally I'll take a sip without concern to someone's rate.
There are many good operators and some can be obsessed contesters. I saw that
years ago and decided contesting is not for me. Don't expect me to
whip through
a QSO at light speed to keep the rate up. After all, I tend to 'chew' a bit.
Contesters may not work me, because I tend slow 'em down.
73 ES Happy Rag-Chewing on RTTY,
de Phil - N8PS
Quoting Jerry Haigwood <jerry@w5jh.net>:
> And if you don't like to work non-contest type people, then don't do Field
> Day Jim. You will have many hams who are not who are not contest oriented
> but are still good operators. A good operator will slow down and work those
> type of people because the good operator realizes that FD always brings out
> the non-contesters. If you want to make contest only contacts, then stay in
> the bottom 25KHz of each band!
> Jerry W5JH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Jim Brown
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:05 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Just an observation
>
> On 6/25/2012 11:52 AM, Jerry Haigwood wrote:
>> Please remind me NOT to work you. Field is for fun!
>
> If you don't want to learn to do ir well, then please don't. You're not
> doing me a favor by doing it badly.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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