[CQ-Contest] Contesting 10 years from now (2007)

[rjairam at gmail.com]

My take on 10 years from now:

A lot of the old guard will sadly be SK, with not a lot of replacement
from younger generation, unless we do something.

Top 3 US for the majors will almost exclusively be remote operation.
The only problem is who will be driving.

Assisted and non-assisted will be combined for some majors. Sad to see
it go, but I am getting used to the idea.

CW contest entries will remain stable while SSB and digital may see a
modest boost.

Digital (HF) contests will include weak signal (WSJT) modes.

VHF contests will be nearly all weak signal (WSJT) modes on 6 meters.
It's pretty much that way now.

HOAs - the South and Southwest US will continue to have tons of HOA
issues. As the US East Coast slows in population growth and new
housing starts, that's where there will be fewer restrictions. But
that comes with two caveats - winter and cost of living, unless you do
remote operation.

Hams will still like knobbed radios although the market for SDRs is growing.

73
Ria
N2RJ




On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 5:32 PM, Mark <markzl3ab at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was looking for something else and stumbled across this on the interweb.
>
> I hope ES5TV doesn't mind me posting the link.  It sure make interesting
> reading now.
>
> http://www.lhv.ee/images/files/2017.pdf
>
> Any bets on the next ten years?
>
> 73
> Mark ZL3AB
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