[CQ-Contest] Remote contest operation

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Paul, I think someone has hijacked your identity. This couldn't have 
come from you.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/17/2013 9:57 AM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
>
> On 17/04/2013 12:11, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>
>> The basic reason why I took such strong exception to the idea of pure
>> pay-to-play is that it seems to me part of a pernicious trend. Why go
>> to the trouble of learning all we do in the course of building a
>> station?  Why go through the exhilarating experience of trying, and
>> failing, and trying, and eventually succeeding?  Now you can just pay
>> for air time.
>
> I have a sympathy with Pete's opinion. However,
> similar concerns have been repeated since the
> dawn of amateur radio with regard to whatever
> technology was new or novel at the time.
>
>> Maybe I'm just getting old (actually I know I am), but when someone sets
>> out to make money this way I *do* hope they fail. Not as hams, or as
>> people, but as a business.
>
> It seems to me that anyone is entitled to make money
> out of contesting.  Should all goods and services be
> free just because we regard it as a hobby?
>
> We need to adjust to new, relevant, technology and
> commercial services.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
>
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