[CQ-Contest] Re: [FOC] What has happened to our hobby?

[Larry Kayser]

Jim:

>Fostering international goodwill and aiding in time of emergency are done by
>those who operate hf - those who operate hf well are often contesters and
>DXers...

I suggest to you that the League is in a survival mode, they will be around 
long after you and I are gone, they are and will adapt to the times as 
needed.  If they do not adapt, then they and our hobby will not be around 
any more.  Our hobby is changing fast, faster than many of us are 
comfortable with, I have grave concerns of the spectrum left for us to use, 
for the noise garbage that our Regulatory authorities are allowing to raise 
the noise floor, for the consumer stuff that causes mobile pollution and 
many other things.  Contesting and DXing is a pretty small subject in the 
light of everything else that is going on, I think you have seriously 
overstated the case.

I take some umbrage at your assertion above, Contesters will be a little 
more modern and legit for a start in my opinion when Contests consume as 
much of the bands on Monday to Thursdays as they do late Fridays, 
Saturdays, and Sundays.  Contesting to be relevant needs to innovate and 
adapt, I do not see that this has happened over the last 45 years.

I find it a huge stretch to see the relevance of your rant to the issues of 
the day.

161

Larry
VA3LK
FOC #1690


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