[CQ-Contest] Seeing yourself as others see you ...

[Pete Smith]

At 11:52 PM 9/11/00 EDT, W1HIJ/6 wrote:
...
>It sure would be nice to see something positive and useful on the reflector 
>instead of all the concern with angels and pinheads; splitting hairs (or 
>hares if you prefer rabbit); and ways to "beat the system". 
>
>Sure, a forum is needed for "advanced discussion" and exegesis of contest 
>rules, but to an outsider or newbie, recent reflector content hardly seems 
>like it has anything to do with the joys and pleasures of contesting for its 
>own sake. 

Bill's got a very good point.  IMO, one of the things that has happened is
the spinning off of reflectors on topics that formerly were covered here --
towers and antennas, rigs of various brands, contest scores and stories,
etc.  This same phenomenon has diminished the value of the DX reflector to
the point where I no longer subscribe. 

Maybe it would be useful to compile a positive list of topics this
reflector does uniquely cover, other than contest rule debates.  Surely
contest operating techniques is one.  Also, when someone takes the time to
include an insightful writeup with their score posting to 3830, wouldn't it
be a good idea to cross post (or excerpt it) here?  And what about
discussions of propagation as it applies to upcoming contests, band
planning strategies, etc.

What would YOU add to the list? 

73, Pete Smith N4ZR

Contesting is ... Extreme Radio

The World Contest Station Database 
is back up and running at
http://www.qsl.net/n4zr 



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