This is a case of you can't see the forest through the trees. No
disrespect to Jim as he is an accomplished and respected contests. I
agree that what CT1BOH, W2SC, N6MJ and others are doing is great.
However they are unable to do what they do without people to work and
those so called gimmick technologies are bringing them the people to
work. Why is this so difficult to see and understand?
Contest participation continues to rise, why? I would argue that it is
because of those so called dumbed down technologies and gimmicks such
as packet and skimmers. Assisted or Unassisted on CW you are getting
spotted. Are you telling me that those skimmer spots do not help? Of
course they do. In fact, skimmer is the reason we are seeing crazy
numbers on CW.
Packet has been around for a very very long time now. I think it is as
much a gimmick as automobiles are today. So can we get past it.
Packet is a very large reason we are seeing more contest activity.
People see spots and they go work people. This is good! It drags
people into the fray that might not otherwise get involved. If they
send in a log even better!
What else is bringing people into contesting? The huge advertising
budget with Youtube and 30 second TV spots during the Superbowl? The
million dollar prizes? Hardly.
I am unclear how N6MJ or CT1BOH is lifting us all up. N6MJ other than
giving me contacts has no effect on my score. Him being on does not
give me a million point bonus. Him getting on does not bring more
participants to the contest, unless he has more groupies than I know and
chances are that his groupies will only work him.
They have great skill and so do others. 99 percent of the participants
probably do not possess this skill,money, land, equipment or desire
necessary to do what they do. They need the rest of us. Are we not
lifting them up?
W0MU
On 3/11/2017 4:49 PM, Jim Neiger wrote:
Give me a break, please.
1) The playing field will NEVER be level, and
2) Our lives and societies are already too much of "the tail wagging
the dog".
What we need more of are the talented operators like CT1BOH and N6MJ
who are trying to lead by example and lift us all up, rather than
dumb-down our technologies and skills with gimmicks like packet and
skimmers.
Vy 73
Jim Neiger N6TJ
On 3/9/2017 5:42 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
You are right. We should fold the unassisted category into assisted so
everyone can compete on a level playing field...
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