[CQ-Contest] America's cup Sailboat racing not what it used to be

[Tom Osborne]

Hi Zack

If all us old curmudgeons who don't really care for 'Ham Radio 2'  and we
just
'get out of the way of the ones who do', who are you going to talk to in a
contest?

Probably a lot of us out there that prefer 'Ham Radio 1', where you
actually had to look for  your own contacts instead of depending on
technology to find them for you.

Pretty soon the contest bands are going to sound like most of the SSB ops
on FD - 'Please Copy'.  73
Tom W7WHY



On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ward Silver N0AX gave a presentation at the annual SMC get-together
> last year called "Ham Radio 2.0" which is what ham radio is in the
> 21st century. It was a fascinating, thought-provoking presentation.
> The basic jist of it by my understanding was that, although Ham Radio
> 2.0 embraces Ham Radio 1.0 (ham radio in the 20th century), ig goes
> far beyond that in technology. The "youngsters" in the hobby never
> knew Ham Radio 1.0. They have technology that was not available in the
> year 2000, some of it not even dreamed of. So, if you don't happen to
> like the technology available in Ham Radio 2.0, at least get out of
> the way of those who do and let them do their thing.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>