[CQ-Contest] CQWW Survey

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I bet sailboat racing was a lot different before they had GPS.

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> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Paul O'Kane
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:48 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Survey
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> On 19/03/2013 13:13, Bob Naumann wrote:
> 
> > While some pine for the days of yore when there were no devices
> > containing silicon involved in radio,
> 
> I don't know what that is intended to mean.
> Does anyone?
> 
> > the reality is that packet, spotting networks, et al are now fully
> > part of amateur radio DXing and contesting landscapes.
> 
> Let's stick with contesting in this thread.
> 
> Packet, and spotting networks et al are now inseparable from the
> internet.  There's nothing wrong with using the internet while
> contesting.  It's not illegal, it's not against the rules, but it is
> different.
> 
> The use of a commercial communications utility to find and facilitate
> QSOs in an amateur radio contest is far removed from using nothing but
> amateur radio to do the same.  Seems a pity this has to be repeated so
> often.
> 
> By comparison, no one, anywhere, uses another form of propulsion in
> sailboat racing and claims to be sailing.
> 
> Those sailboat racers must all be living in the past.
> Don't they know that nothing stands still, and that new technology is
> here to stay?  Why, then, don't they use it? They're probably pining for
> the days of yore :-)
> 
> Given that, however it happened, it's now perfectly acceptable for
> contesters in assisted categories to use the internet, isn't it time we
> started using terms such as "SO Connected" and "SO Unconnected" to better
> describe the two categories?
> 
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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