Out of the 10 or so active I have had in ham radio I have participated in 3 if I remember right.
The ARRL does not consider it a contest but with the clubs I was with that's all it was and I did not enjoy it.
I don't care for "quickie exchanges" in any contest. The only goal seems to be awards which I am also not interested in.
Since I returned to ham radio after my long absence as a Novice in the 70s I have only been involved in on FD and it was the same as those when I was a Novice.
I guess you could say I was just involved with the wrong clubs at the time. I am sure there are more fun type clubs out there that take things a little less seriously I could have enjoyed the event with.
As fallout from 3 clubs that I was members of, I won't join another. I also found out while a member of those same clubs that unless you were one of the FD regulars that they were not interested in your input on much of anything. So be it.
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