My two cents: short term, not at all. In fact, the boomers' retirement can
provide a boost to contest activity. Contesting and DX are two of the most
important "killer apps" for CW. So that's good. As new people enter the
hobby, some will be attracted to CW as they learn of the intense interest
in certain circles, and are exposed to these "killer apps." It simply
appeals to some people. Long term, the activity will decrease as the large
demographic wave of long time CW contesters will age. The numbers game is
against CW over a ten to twenty year span. The situation for phone
contesting is not too different, but there is less of an entry barrier.
Jim N3BB
At 09:30 PM 7/21/2005 -0500, John Geiger (NE0P) wrote:
>OK, how do you think the FCC's proposal is going to affect the level of
>activity in CW only contests?
>
>73s John NE0P
>
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Tom Frenaye <frenaye@pcnet.com>
>Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:18:13 -0400
>
> >
> >Let's keep the discussion to contests and contesting issues. I've
> declined a couple of messages that had to do with the FCC's plan to drop
> CW - there are plenty of other places for that discussion. If you want
> to post something here, please keep it closely related to contesting.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> > -- Tom/K1KI cq-contest admin
> >
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