[CQ-Contest] internet contesting

[WA9ALS - John]

Tongue in cheek, I suggested something a little like this on the RTTY
reflector awhile back.  We all had a good laugh while at the same time we
realized that some of us, me included, spend way too much time on the
Internet and not enough time on the RADIO!  HI  The post below is scary
because I'm afraid some day our only "ham" activity will be writing about
radio on the Internet!
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WA9ALS - John
jfleming at shelbynet.net
http://www.qsl.net/wa9als
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ad7u at juno.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:02 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] internet contesting


>
>
> Hmmm... there's a thought. Someone should create a web page where folks
> can sign in, get a virtual radio and have a contest on the web (a real
> internet contest). Would be great practice. Kinda like the on-line games
> (Doom, Duke Nukem, etc.) If there was enough participation there wouldn't
> even be a need to have the computer generate callsigns. I'm NOT
> suggesting that this replace real radio contests!!!!
>
> 73 de Caleb AD7U
> W7W IOTA NA-169 op
> AD7U at arrl.net
> http://angelfire.com/wa/ad7u
>
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