[SOC] Tooo Many Contest

[Richard AG5M]

A "SlowTest?"  I like that idea.  As one of those old timers I'm working really hard to bring back my CW skills to 20+ WPM.  But right now I'm good at 15 WPM +/-.  Just my 2-cents.
73, Richard AG5M

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On Wed, 6/1/16, George Cooley <gc.ng7a at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [SOC] Tooo Many Contest
 To: "Art - W6KY" <W6KY at yahoo.com>, "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
 Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 4:25 AM

 Perhaps the SOC can join in on
 the fun and create the SlowTest.  Recent
 articles suggest that high speed CW discourages
 participation of new hams
 as well as old
 timers with rusty CW.  A SOC sponsored SlowTest with
 speeds
 not to exceed 10-15 WPM would
 certainly bridge the percieved gap and
 barrier to entry.  Of course anyone that does
 not want to participate can
 still use the
 WARC bands or just elbow in on the regular bands.
 
 Thanks for your thoughts
 Art.  Now let the dogs bark :)
 
 73,
 
 George
 NG7A
 
 On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at
 12:04 AM, Art - W6KY via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net>
 wrote:
 
 >
 There are way too many MAJOR contest that take
 > up the bands during the year.
 >
 > ARRL DX CW  and 
 ARRL DX SSB
 > CQWW CW  and  CQWW SSB
 > CQWW WPX CW and CQWW WPX SSB
 > ARRL Field Day
 >
 > That's 7 weekends out of 52 that are
 shot
 > by these contesters who disregard
 our
 > government given rights to the
 frequencies.
 >
 >
 Something should be done. Non-contest
 >
 bands. Hmmm,  we could call them WARC.
 >
 > 73, Art  W6KY
 > SOC#------
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 > One dog barks at something, the rest bark
 at him.
 >  Chinese Proverb
 >
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