[CQ-Contest] saving us from ourselves

Zack Widup w9sz at prairienet.org
Thu Mar 11 10:52:55 EST 2004


I realize not everyone would want to participate in such a contest.  Not 
everyone does VHF+ contests, either.  But I was only thinking of one 
contest a year and I'll bet there would be some participation.

Zack W9SZ


On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Bill Turner wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:57 -0600 (CST), Zack Widup wrote:
> 
> >Maybe we ought to have at least one old-fashioned contest each year.  No 
> >packet at all, no computer logs, everyone logs on paper and mails their 
> >logs in.
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> I understand nostalgia but speaking just for myself, if I had to do all
> that stuff by hand I wouldn't contest.  For me the fun is operating the
> radio, not bookkeeping.  If a computer can do the grunt work, let it.
> 
> But I do see your point of view.
> 
> --
> 73, Bill W6WRT
> QSLs via LoTW
> 
> 



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