[CQ-Contest] Skimmer etc.

[DL8MBS]

Will there be a last resort for those simply looking for the personal 
challenge in a competition? Spots, Skimmer etc. of course can´t be 
stopped simply for their obvious convenience. We are told "technology is 
the name of the game" and it helps to maximize the score. But would you 
tell a marathon runner he were an nostalgic OT because he stubbornly 
refuses to use a vehicle as the better technology to span the 42,5km? 
Hopefully not. Most people admire the skill and endurance of runners. 
It´s the pure personal challenge. Where is it and where will it be in 
contesting? I don´t think expensive station building, programming 
gadgets and than clicking through the windows (with all workable 
stations on the cockpit screens) should be all we offer newcomers. In 
running motorvehicles didn´t stop those preferring the personal 
challenge. In contesting I see the group "A boy and his radio" (tnx 
K0HB) vanishing. Maybe many tech people don´t like personal challenges 
so much because it is their profession to replace them by smooth 
solutions (no criticism, but a possible explanation).
73, Chris

(www.dl8mbs.de)