Agreed!
Just like the instant logging on the new contest from the ARRL the
Rookie Roundup. Unless you have the internet, too bad, youre not
welcome in this contest.
Sad when Radio has to have wires to play.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 4/12/2010 5:37 PM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Smith"<n4zr@contesting.com>
>
>
>
>> Metaphorical loom-smashing aside, I think that this
>> development will have little impact in the world of
>> single-op contesting, given the rules that have been
>> put in place in the last couple of years.
>>
>
> This development is, in terms of amateur radio contesting,
> a weapon of mass destruction which, rather than being
> subject to stringent controls, has been put into the hands
> of anyone with an internet connection - in effect, all of
> us.
>
> The fact that something can be done does not always mean
> that it is worth doing. The people who have developed
> this technology can congratulate themselves on the
> introduction of a fundamental change in the nature of
> contesting, to the extent that it has been largely
> debased.
>
> They may argue it's just a natural extension of existing
> technology - the cluster. If so, doesn't that raise a
> question about the legitimacy of the cluster?
>
> Regardless of how we got here, or how well-intentioned
> the developers were/are, we should not be here. The
> internet serves only to undermine amateur radio - by
> putting the wires back into wireless.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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