The comment was made that "it's a dieing hobby". Actually - its not.
Contesting is on a steady 10 year growth curve which is great to see.
Hopefully it holds this new level as the sunspots start dropping.
DXpeditions are producing incredible QSO numbers. Far more than most
Dxpeditions in the old days. Unfortunately, in most (almost all) cases the FT8
content is 70 - 90% of those numbers. Its probably growing in QSO
participation but severely going down in SSB side and not going up in the CW
side. If you happen to need a Q on 6, 80 or 160 that isn't FT8, you can pretty
much forget about it. Computer to computer DXing is thriving. Human modes are
in fact dieing.
I personally have all but walked away from DXing and it has been very sad for
me. But the Contesting is thriving and I am enjoying that focus even more.
Ed N1UR
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