I'm a little confused by that statement. When I got a novice license in the
early 80's we started with HF, it wasn't until I passed the tech exam that
I got VHF privileges. Now everyone starts with tech privileges gets on FM,
gets bored and upgrades to general to get on HF. It's those new hams that
we need to reach. Also the guys that have been around for a while and are
looking for a new challenge.
Dave
N2OA
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 4:05 PM Dave Clouser <dave@nz3m.com> wrote:
> Activity started dying off well before FT8. Everyone used to start out
> on VHF/UHF when they got their license. That's not the case anymore,
> they go right to HF.
> New hams now days don't have that period of time to get hooked on the
> excitement.
> Any new weak signal ops need to be pulled in by peers.
>
> 73
> Dave NZ3M
>
>
> On 9/25/2019 12:44 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
> > Well, how dead was it 5, 10, 20, 30 years ago?
> >
> > 73, Zack W9SZ
> >
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> >> I wonder how dead contesting would be without FT8Just pondering
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