[CW] ICWC Sponsors Weekly Contest MST (Medium Speed Test) Mondays & Tuesdays 20-25 wpm

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I agree. It seems Amateur Radio has morphed into 'radio sport'.  Perhaps it appeals to those who thrive on  competition. I don't get it. Contests are quite boring to me. And I suspect many of the high speed contesters can't converse using CW as a language. Try getting them into a ragchew at 25 wpm and they are lost.  Another annoyance is people responding to a CQ with only their callsign.  Are they calling me or just in a pileup ?  I just won't reply unless I know they are calling me. On contest weekends I've gone either up or down to get away from them and resorted to calling CQ Ragchew.  Still I get answered by contesters who can't copy the word ragchew !  Maybe I've been around too long (40 yrs)but I cut my teeth on ragchews and have no interest in contests. Jim N5KY

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