Thanks for this John.
I prefer contesting to any other type of operating, and it probably makes
up 95% of my on-air time. So I doubt I'll be running away from contesting.
I was out of the hobby for a couple of decades and have only returned this
last fall. Having just joined this reflector, hoping to learn some new
techniques with the newer technologies and such, only to see nothing but DQ
discussions. I understand that it is likely due to the timing of me
joining, but it really had me questioning myself on joining the list.
Of course maybe living on a suburban city lot in 9-land, has me not
conerned about needing to provide recordings due to a top 3 finish.
73,
Mike ND9G
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:32 AM, John Dorr <cqk1ar@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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