[CQ-Contest] CQWW Survey

[C. "Fred" Johnson]

Amen Andy.

I guess all those members of WWYC are poor operators as well?

Seriously folks, GET A GRIP.

wt2p

On 3/19/13 10:49 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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