[CQ-Contest] Some Observations

[robert]

     GE All

             Boy how many times have I just wondered exactly that about 
new hams wondering if

             contesting is for them.   So many rules to learn,  so many 
ways to cheat,   so many other

            non ham  interest   I'll check out !!


                 BoB WA1FCN


On 4/19/2017 10:32 AM, John Dorr 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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