[CQ-Contest] RES: CQ WPX M/M Distributed Category Update

[Martin, LU5DX]

Yuri,

That is indeed a big level of prejudice on your part.
Or at least, totally "Non sequitur".
Do you know each of the kids who were involved in these operations and
their expectations about the hobby?
I see sort of the same attitude from OT CWers towards FT8 and the like.
If there is anything killing our hobby it is anachronism.
C'mon!

73,

Martin, LU5DX

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 2:14 PM Yuri <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> wrote:

> Exactly. That's probably where the main difference lies.
>
> We, "old farts" (per Mike, VA3MW), are still looking at HAM Radio as at
> AMATEUR RADIO, where radio is the main word. We still have fun building
> some of the equipment, antennas, we like experiment with them, etc.
> The "other guys" are looking at it as at some kind kind of computer
> game, sometimes having no idea what RF or even antenna is. Somebody else
> (a business venture) is offering emulation of HAM Radio for them.
> Different angle views.
>
> Yuri  VE3DZ
>
> On 4/2/2021 7:02 AM, Ray Higgins wrote:
> > Young people are attracted to contesting - it’s like gaming to them.
> Just look at CWT results - you have some playing with the best in the
> world. Two of the youths actually experimented in a M/2 distributed in CWT
> at the 0300 session this Weds and made 300 Q’s and 70,000+ points but
> didn’t submit a score because the category doesn’t exist, they did it to
> have fun. These are just some of the cool things you may not be hearing or
> seeing but it’s actually happening.
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