Good Day All,
I'm curious as to the "...general feeling" of any & all active & sem-active
contestors who might be reading this, regarding the matter of computerized
logging...
Specifically, does EVERY single contestor in existance to-day have a computer
hooked-up to his rig to perform real-time logging & automatic QSO responses...?
Is there anyone left out there (like me) who still does it the old-fashioned
way, i.e. with paper & pen...?
I must say, I really tried hard to step into the 21st century this past week,
by playing around with both the N1MM and the EI5DI software --- but I give up!
All I ever wanted was a simple, after-contest key stroke programme that might
enable me to submit my logs electronically to the different sponsors (my
transceivers do NOT interface with computers --- sorry!), but what I got
instead were pages & pages of documentation that didn't even begin to explain
to a computer illiterate lout like myself just how one might go about creating
an e-mail ready attachment for electronic mailing!
I guess I'll never be comfortable with all of the nuances & apparent "tribal
knowledge" that accompany computer-speak --- never was, never ever even wanted
to be, either.
Anyway, not that any of my small submissions would amount to a hill of beans in
the final scheme of things, but if contest sponsors are truly annoyed by the
likes of folks like me who are limited to lead & papyrus at the end of contest
weekends, then I guess the time has finally come for me to maybe just enjoy the
fun of participating, but to not offer my support with a snail-mailed
submission...
Am I the last of the dinosaurs in this way, or are there others out there like
me...?
~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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