[CQ-Contest] Some Observations

[Wes Jennings]

I would and have put newbies in front of the radio during cqww and the other major contests. Yes there have been issues that have turned into learning experiences both for me and for the newbie. The fact is put someone in front of the radio making contacts by far outweigh the loss of points.

Wes
WL7F
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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Ria Jairam <rjairam at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 9:09:55 AM
To: Zack Widup
Cc: CQ Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Some Observations

These days I would not put a newbie on CQ World War. I would instead direct
them to a smaller contest where we don't have this much disagreement. Then
again we do sometimes such as with the IARU HF championship which had
disagreement over the same issue - self-spotting and cheerleading.

Seems you can't escape.

Ria, N2RJ

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just glad there is very little, if any, of this in VHF contesting.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:32 AM, John Dorr <cqk1ar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > FWIW, I offer some observations as one of your humble moderators:
> >
> > 1) Contesting is supposed to be fun. The recent thread(s) on this channel
> > are anything but that. We have largely become a group of mean-spirited
> > curmudgeons firing one salvo after another at each other. This makes your
> > AR sad.
> >
> > 2) As a potential aspiring new contester, I would not walk but run very
> far
> > away from contesting after reading much of the email traffic on this
> > channel over the past few weeks.
> >
> > 3) Many of the posts on this channel have become personal. Tom and I have
> > deleted many for that reason. They often lack facts and are all-too-often
> > defensive.
> >
> > I am the first to applaud spirited debate. Frankly, what I've been
> reading
> > of late is an embarrassment to our sport. We should all be ashamed.
> >
> > Can I suggest you reboot and think two or three times before making your
> > next post? We're better than our current work product. At least, I'd like
> > to think so.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > 73, John, K1AR
> >
> > PS: The next forecasted sunspot peak is estimated to be in only 2905
> days.
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