[CQ-Contest] The March of Technology

[Mark - N5OT]

Great post, Art.  Obviously left everyone wordless.
Mark N5OT


On 8/12/2020 12:15 PM, Art Boyars wrote:
> "Why were there so many busted skimmer spots during WAE?"
>
> W2UP, August 2020
>
>
> "We fell way behind when our internet connection went down for six
> hours [paraphrased
> from memory]."
>
> W3LPL, circa 2010
>
>
> "Trouble during the contest: ... At one point, all the Pentels ran out of
> lead, and I had to log in ink while I refilled one with the other hand. For
> you newer guys, this is the ancient analog of having to reboot."
>
> K3KU, on SS CW 2002
>
>
> "Overall, computer logging might be beneficial for SS, but not for DX
> contests. [paraphrased from memory, and maybe it was vice versa]"
>
> NCJ article evaluating new-fangled computer logging. It might have been
> "Sweepstakes Computer Logging: Is it for You", Jan/Feb 1989, p.9.
>
> "Could a computer program that gave you a real-time red-light/green-light
> for dupes give you an unbeatable advantage?"
>
> W3ZZ (SK) around the mid-1970's, when W4BVV (SK) would hand-enter the logs
> from his M-M DX Test logs into a home-brew dupe checking program on a
> main-frame
> computer.
>
>
> "QST QST QST 20 meters 20 meters...."
>
> W4BVV (SK) announcing a multiplier on the PVRC 2-meter spotting net, circa
> 1970
>
>
> Ain't technology wonderful!
>
> 73, Art K3KU
>
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