I thought the attached post on the PVRC reflector might bear repeating here.
73,
Jim
W4RX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Axelrod" <bill@axelrods.org>
To: "PVRC Reflector" <pvrc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 12:47 PM
Subject: [PVRC] Contesters
> A few weeks ago there was a thread on this reflector concerning things we
> could do to increase contesting activity and PVRC membership. I was
wasting
> time on the web this morning and came across this post on E-Ham.net.
While
> this gent is not in our area, I wonder how many hams in the PVRC area do
> feel this way??? Good food for thought here.
>
> Quoted from W2CSH post:
> "My first attempt at this posting was to say how I really fell about
> contests. (I have no interest in them and usually schedule a golf outing
on
> contest weekends). (I hate golf too but I hate contests more). Then I got
to
> thinking why I feel this way about contests. Its mainly because I have
never
> tried one and probably wouldn't know what to do in one in any event. There
> is a group of contesters in my radio club and they have never once given a
> presentation on basic contesting to the club. They have also never invited
> anyone else to participate in a contest. I also don't see any articles in
> the three major ham magazines I subscribe to on basic contesting 101. I
have
> always subscribed to the "You might like it if you try it" school and I
> suppose if I knew more about contesting and how to enter and participate
in
> one I would try it once. But Contesters in general don't seem to be
> interested in developing new contesters. Ham magazines and web sites don't
> seem to be interested in telling the rest of us what contesting is all
> about. Seems like the 10% participation of those who will actually send in
a
> log makes a pretty good case that contesters are in the minority in ham
> radio. Why is that?"
>
> 73... Bill K3WA
>
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