[CQ-Contest] CQWW Survey

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Andy, I wouldn't let N6TJ get your goat.  He's been off on this trip, 
along with EI5DI and a few others, for so long thatmost of us have 
learned to hit the delete key and move on.  Not all of us old goats feel 
that way (I entered my first contest in 1955).

What these guys don't seem to grasp is that the contesting community in 
the United States is, by and large, older than that inany other 
country.  In a few years our entire generation (Jim's and mine) will be 
gone, and the young will inherit the contesting lead.  For you, 
combining computers and radio is second nature, as well as a lot of fun.

For those, young and old, who prefer their contesting unassisted, god 
bless 'em,  Of course, there are special skills involved.  But let's 
also agree that there should be separate classes for those of us who do, 
from time to time, dabble in the Internet and other forms of technical 
innovation, along with our radios.

To those who cheat, I despise you, but I move on.  I will not surrender 
to you, which is what merging assisted and unassisted would involve.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/19/2013 11:49 AM, Andrew Warycka wrote:
> I'm normally a passive reader on here, as I prefer to absorb information
> and keep my finger on the pulse of the contesting community, but I have to
> reply to this.
>
> So very sadly, today's Generation X has no clue on how to operate, and it
>> shows.  Oh boy, skimmer.  Let's see how good ZD8LID really  is:  we will
>> all
>> be S-5 and zero beat on his signal.  Good luck on getting ZD8LID active in
>> your next contest.  But hey, look at all the new "operators" we've brought
>> into contesting.  Oh boy..............
>>
> As a member of "Generation X" at 34 (in fact, one year removed from
> Generation Y), I'm not going to just sit here and take this sort of feces
> flinging. I've been contesting for over 15 years now, was a part of the
> effort that holds the records for both the June and September ARRL VHF
> contest all-time scoring records, and was on the winning NAQP SSB team in
> January 2012, to name some of my more notable contesting highlights. Modest
> accomplishments to be sure compared to many here, but apparently I have "no
> clue on how to operate."
>
> With attitude like this towards younger (younger? I have a kid old enough
> to be a ham, for Marconi's sake) hams, it's amazing any new blood comes
> into amateur radio - especially into contesting. Perhaps you should put
> away that broad brush you've been painting with and realize that not all of
> those damn kids on your lawn are incompetent operators.
>
> Another way to go back to real men operating skills, let's convert  these
>> contests into the NA SPRINT format -- for 48 hours.  You call CQ, you give
>> up your frequency and QSY at least 5 kcs. before the next CQ.   I don't
>> think packet, skimmer and RBN crutches will do too well in that format and
>> if the goal here is solely to eliminate packet cheaters, umm, I think that
>> might work.   Anyone here ready to MAN-UP for something like this?
>
> Okay, fine. I'm "man enough" for this - are you? Are you ready to put your
> money where your mouth is, or is this just idle chatter? Sprint is actually
> my favorite contest. NAQP is second (which doesn't allow assistance
> anyway), and WPX is third - and when I can put in a full effort in WPX, I
> go unassisted. When I can only put in a few hours, I do tend to run
> assisted since I like to maximize the amount of points I generate for my
> club, even though I won't compare favorably in the results on a personal
> level. I guess /that/ is what makes me such an incompetent boob behind the
> VFO. So glad you helped me figure it out.
>
> Have a nice day.
>
> Andy, NY7N (ex-KB0WJO, W2AJW)
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