[CQ-Contest] New Hobby

[Steve Lott]

what is the challenge faced with internet chatting

does the propagation change from day to night
or based on the number of sun spots

I just don't see the correlation between the two

cheers!
steve
KG5VK


http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends


On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> RF Ham Radio Contesting has a new entry coming from a new hobby, Internet
> Contesting.  This new hobby uses a part of another hobby, Ham Radio, but
> has moved far enough away from its cousin to have a new title.  Everything
> that is done in contests can be done by Internet/Computers...  creating
> entries, finding entries, recording data, and--with appropriate software
> and willingness to use it-- making and confirmations of contact.  The RF
> portion of the activity has dropped to less than 30%, or made it totally
> unnecessary, ushering in the new hobby.
>
> The difference between fuel dragracers and motorcycles applies ... both use
> motorized and wheel-based vehicles and race, but the contrasts mount up to
> say they are two different things.
>
> Coping with this new cousin's evolution *from *Ham Radio is the new
> challenge of leadership in contesting.   I say, GL.
> 73
> --
> Charly, HS0ZCW
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