Thanks for sharing this Pete.
Many of the forecasts proved to be accurate, but as often happens
with forecasts , two of the most revolutionary changes that have
greatly impacted contesting were totally unanticipated:
- CW Skimmer and its associated Reverse Beacon Network, and
- Explosive growth in the use of digital error correcting protocols, especially
FT8
"It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future" – Yogi Berra
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
To: "reflector cq-contest" <CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 2:17:22 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Past Prediction of the Future of Contesting.
In 2007, ES5TV compiled reflector users' predictions/guesses/wild-ass
guesses about what contesting would look like ten years hence. It's now
4 years past his original time horizon, and I thought people would find
it interesting, so I've put it in my Dropbox account at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzpj6vhxuqtp6sf/10%20years%20later.pdf?dl=0
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzpj6vhxuqtp6sf/10%20years%20later.pdf?dl=0>.
Feel free to download the pdf and giggle...
--
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
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