[CQ-Contest] Past Prediction of the Future of Contesting.

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Sorry Hans.  It’s just a matter of time, but it’s coming.

Whether we want it to or not.  (I’m not thrilled about it either, but that doesn’t prevent me from seeing the inevitable).

73

> On Aug 20, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Hans Brakob <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Please, no, a thousand times NO!
> 
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
> ________________________________
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com at contesting.com> on behalf of Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 7:25:35 AM
> To: Frank Donovan W3LPL (Frank Donovan W3LPL) <donovanf at erols.com>
> Cc: reflector cq-contest <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Past Prediction of the Future of Contesting.
> 
> I guess the logical follow-up is what's next:
> 
> I vote for voice "skimmer"...
> 
> 73 Rich NN3W
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 8:18 AM <donovanf at erols.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing this Pete.
>> 
>> 
>> Many of the forecasts proved to be accurate, but as often happens
>> with forecasts , two of the most revolutionary changes that have
>> greatly impacted contesting were totally unanticipated:
>> 
>> 
>> - CW Skimmer and its associated Reverse Beacon Network, and
>> - Explosive growth in the use of digital error correcting protocols,
>> especially FT8
>> 
>> 
>> "It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future" – Yogi Berra
>> 
>> 73
>> Frank
>> W3LPL
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
>> To: "reflector cq-contest" <CQ-Contest at Contesting.COM>
>> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 2:17:22 AM
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Past Prediction of the Future of Contesting.
>> 
>> In 2007, ES5TV compiled reflector users' predictions/guesses/wild-ass
>> guesses about what contesting would look like ten years hence. It's now
>> 4 years past his original time horizon, and I thought people would find
>> it interesting, so I've put it in my Dropbox account at
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzpj6vhxuqtp6sf/10%20years%20later.pdf?dl=0
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzpj6vhxuqtp6sf/10%20years%20later.pdf?dl=0>.
>> Feel free to download the pdf and giggle...
>> 
>> --
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
>> web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
>> For spots, please use your favorite
>> "retail" DX cluster.
>> 
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