[CQ-Contest] The Paper log one radio, the SO2R and the SDR generatio
Richard F DiDonna NN3W
richnn3w at verizon.net
Sat Mar 23 11:57:09 EDT 2013
On 3/23/2013 10:10 AM, James Cain wrote:
> Contest after contest, my CW log fills with short call signs owned by people from the "one radio and paper log" generation. People like me.
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> We are the generation who "populate" the logs of the SDR/RBN/Packet/SO2R Type A operators who are obsessed by "winning." I am always glad to work them, but they are few. Where are the hundreds of new hams/contesters in their teens, 20s, 30s, 40s?
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If you look at the logs from the November Sweepstakes and look at the
checks - at least in the SSB leg - you will see a lot of contest
stations with a check of '00 or '08 or '10. Can't tell age, but there
is a fair amount of new entry.
73 Rich NN3W
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