[CQ-Contest] Wasting Time

[Bob Naumann]

Hans,

I think you need to get a grip.

We're talking in the abstract about how to properly send an exchange here -
on this email reflector - which I obviously need to point out, is focused
on... * contest operating *.

No one is suggesting that anyone should chastise someone on the air for not
using the best technique. We all just have to deal with it and move on.

It is a hobby, but those of us on this reflector obviously have some
affinity for this particular aspect of this hobby and ostensibly want to do
it right. Right?

What's wrong with educating someone about the proper way to operate? That is
what we're talking about here - right?

73,

Bob W5OV

-----Original Message-----
From: Radio K0HB [mailto:kzerohb at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 9:33 AM
To: Bob Naumann; 'George Fremin III'; al_lorona at agilent.com
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Wasting Time

> There's a right way and a wrong way to do things, and
> saying something inane like "Please copy my number..."
> at the beginning of an exchange is just plain poor operating
> technique - and, yes - a waste of time.


Wow!  Really!

I like "rate" as well as the next guy, but get a grip!  It's HOBBY!

So some oldtimer harkening back to his traffic handling days says "please 
copy my number"..... at conversational speed of 400 words per minute, that 
works out to 600 milliseconds out of your life.

Give it a break ..... that old dude is only gonna be around maybe three or 
four more SS weekends, and his "poor operating technique" will no longer be 
a waste of your time.

Come to think of it, how many more SS weekends do you expect to see? 
Quitcherbitchen and enjoy having those old geezers in the contests.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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