[CQ-Contest] Contesting, Ham Radio and the Internet

[Pete Smith]

Some people worry a lot that the Internet is providing an attractive
alternative to ham radio, particularly for the young.

There is one dimension that clearly distinguishes the two, to the advantage
of ham radio, and that is competition.  DXers and contesters have no
Internet counterparts.  QST and the amateur community in general should be
playing up this difference, not seeking to exile it to special-interest
niches on the web, where only DXers and contesters will be aware of it.  

73, Pete N4ZR

The revised World Contest 
Station Database
is online at www.pvrc.org


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