[CQ-Contest] Some Observations

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Self spotting is allowed in many State QSO parties too.


On 4/19/2017 1:00 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> And self-spotting IS ALLOWED in VHF contesting, and guess what?  VHF
> contesting has not gone to heck in a handbasket!
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:33 AM, 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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