[CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest

[John Geiger]

But why force someone to have a computer if they want to play radio contesting? The rules more or less say, if you don't have a computer, we don't want you in our rookie contest.

73s John AA5JG-who still logs on paper for non-contest QSOs

--- On Fri, 2/12/10, Charlie Gallo <Charlie at TheGallos.com> wrote:

> From: Charlie Gallo <Charlie at TheGallos.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:24 PM
> 
> On 2/12/2010 Doug Smith wrote:
> 
> > The target audience 
> > of this contest is far less likely to have a computer
> in their shack.
> 
> You really think so?  It's 2010.  It's estimated
> that 78+ percent of US Households had a computer in 2007
> 
> I'd bet that in ham radio (lets face it, Ham Radio is
> discretionary spending), the number approaches 100%, except
> for a few old diehards who LIKE manual logging
> 
> Now, broadband connections are another matter, as there are
> places where they are just NOT available (I have a friend
> who is waiting for the next leg of cable TV to be put in ,
> as it has only reached as far as next door.  He doesn't
> want the TV, he wants broadband)
> 
> I personally think 10 minutes is a BIT tight, for the
> simple matter if you are stuck on dialup, it might be an
> issue, but I could easily see 30 minutes
> 
> -- 
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