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[CQ-Contest] New Hobby

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] New Hobby
From: Charles Harpole <hs0zcw@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:40:07 +0700
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RF Ham Radio Contesting has a new entry coming from a new hobby, Internet
Contesting.  This new hobby uses a part of another hobby, Ham Radio, but
has moved far enough away from its cousin to have a new title.  Everything
that is done in contests can be done by Internet/Computers...  creating
entries, finding entries, recording data, and--with appropriate software
and willingness to use it-- making and confirmations of contact.  The RF
portion of the activity has dropped to less than 30%, or made it totally
unnecessary, ushering in the new hobby.

The difference between fuel dragracers and motorcycles applies ... both use
motorized and wheel-based vehicles and race, but the contrasts mount up to
say they are two different things.

Coping with this new cousin's evolution *from *Ham Radio is the new
challenge of leadership in contesting.   I say, GL.
73
-- 
Charly, HS0ZCW
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