[CQ-Contest] WRTC Qualifying & RDXC

Paul O'Kane pokane at ei5di.com
Thu Dec 11 18:42:24 EST 2014


On 11/12/2014 20:41, JIM NEIGER wrote:

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>
> Like Charly and others opine - the essence of ham radio contesting has 
> morphed into another hobby in which the Internet appears to be the 
> center hub.  For those who use it, love it, couldn't/wouldn't live or 
> operate without it:  enjoy.

They enjoy it because "it's more fun", just as
powerboat racers have more fun than sailboat
racers (apparently).  They look blankly at us,
the unconnected contesters, when we say the
internet is not ham radio.

They are hybrid-communications contesters -
they just cannot bring themselves to admit it.

73,
Paul EI5DI






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