[Elecraft] QRQ CW

[Gary K9GS]

Can we drop the contest bashing?  This is not the forum for it anyway.  
Besides, per the list owner, WA6HHQ from only yesterday:

In general, please do not argue on the Elecraft list pro/con about various
emission modes like ESSB, CW vs no-code, QRP vs QRO, Contesting etc and their
appropriateness to amateur radio. This list is not a forum for amateur radio
policy. Also, impolite discussion is in direct violation of the list guidelines.



On 4/30/2014 11:18 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
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> I have to fully agree, personally I have never seen the point of contesting, it all seems pretty pointless.
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> In nearly every contest, I see the same thing contesters with little regard for other Amateurs.
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> I like to run JT65 and SSTV and on on the CW and RTTY contest the JT65 Frequencies are Full
> with CW or RTTY and on the SSB contest the SSTV frequencies are full SSB voice contesters.
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> And the typical response from contesters are "Use the WARC Bands".
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> I guess some must have a need to do something to make themselves feel special.
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>   From: AG0N-3055 <mcduffie at ag0n.net>
> To: Kevin Stover <kevin.stover at mediacombb.net>
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRQ CW
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> On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:49:18 -0500, Kevin Stover wrote:
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>> Maybe if the big contest guns did the same we wouldn't have the visceral
>> anti-contest attitudes displayed, and get more people involved.
> You're talking to one of the anti crowd.  It has nothing to do with
> speed.  It has to do with the fact that most of us don't like the chaos
> of contests, and the fact that for some reason, people seem to think
> there needs to be some sort of contest every damned weekend.  Boy do I
> relish the old days where there were less than a hand full of contests a
> year.  The two main ones were Field Day and Sweepstakes.  If you were
> into DX, there was the annual DX contest.
>
> Contests were something SPECIAL those days, and even I took part in
> them.  They were fun because they were special.  These days, there's
> nothing special at all about them.  You can't even get a meaningful
> signal report now.  Your 5NN, but would you repeat because you're too
> weak to copy.  They are just another boring noisy weekend when you can't
> enjoy the bands.
>
> Gary

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73,

Gary K9GS

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Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com
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