[CQ-Contest] America's cup Sailboat racing not what it used to be (NO3M Field Day)

[Ken K6MR]

For those of you who may not be familiar with NO3M and his many talents: go to his web site (NO3M.net) and prepare to be impressed.  Not only is he an first class operator, he is also an amazing engineer and craftsman.

Ken K6MR

From: Kelly Taylor<mailto:ve4xt at mymts.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 11:05
To: Jamie WW3S<mailto:ww3s at zoominternet.net>
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com<mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>; donovanf at starpower.net<mailto:donovanf at starpower.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] America's cup Sailboat racing not what it used to be

How dare he prove you can have fun without all the latest whiz-bang technology!

(sarc font off)

73, kelly, ve4xt



> On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Jamie WW3S <ww3s at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
> and he did it again this year, except used a homebrew receiver this year....we worked him twice.....kinda neat to hear the oscillator when he switches to transmit, the signal starts below your filter passband, comes up thru, then back down again !!!!
>
> check out more pictures on no3m.net
>
> PS, he was expecting to get a few OO reports ....lol.....
>
> -----Original Message----- From: donovanf at starpower.net
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 11:52 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] America's cup Sailboat racing not what it used to be
>
> It looks like NO3M had lots of fun using Ham Radio 0.5 during
> Field Day 2016. He didn't slow down the Ham Radio 2.0 ops at all.
>
>
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRGvv-Lp6Q
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why1 at gmail.com>
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:44:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] America's cup Sailboat racing not what it used to be
>
> 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
>>
>>
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