[CQ-Contest] The"highandmighty"syndrome

[Radio K0HB]

Hank, you're subscribed to the MWA reflector, so you have first hand exposure to our club.


I'm a 40-year member of MWA, about 15 years of that as a Director, and I am EXTREMELY proud of our record in recruiting, training, mentoring, challenging, and welcoming new players to Radiosport.  I am also a member of the Arizona Outlaws Contest Club, an up and coming group with a similar "Missionary of Radiosport" in attracting and grooming new contesters.




Hate to spoil your jeremiad, but both of those groups and several others that I could name are seriously involved in bringing fresh faces into Radiosport.




(And yes, both MWA and AOCC also encourage frivolous behavior as a counterpoint to the curmudgeonly tendencies sometimes seen on the sidelines.)




73, de Hans, K0HB/QRO/4ID

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org> wrote:

> I see much friviology and snarkines about "The High and Mighty" 
> syndrome, but little discussion of how we recruit and educate newbies 
> into the "exclusive club." Members of this "club" don't seem to want to 
> do much of anything to recruit newbiesl   It seems the majority of folks 
> like to sit around and complain about the few who try to join the 
> fracas, but make minor mistooks in protocol.
> At the rate we're going, the contest community will cease to exist 
> within a generation or less.
> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
> QRP >99.44% of the time
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