Totally agree with you Mike.
73,
Martin LU5DX
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En mar 12, 2017 2:28 p. m., en 2:28 p. m., W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
escribió:
>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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