[CQ-Contest] Ham Radio in the Future

john at kk9a.com john at kk9a.com
Thu Aug 14 14:15:12 EDT 2025


Contest activity does not appear to be declining!
https://cqww.com/stats.htm 

John KK9A


Doug Grant K1DG wrote:

This discussion about the future reminded me of a piece I wrote back in 1993
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/az2n7qtgr1ll21dcg9rxy/Reflections-on-the-200
5-CQWWW-Contest.pdf?rlkey=9n02x4b4b8v8235hc2fkjfz0u&st=6fbusa61&dl=0>
.

I thought that contests conducted by radio transmission would have gone
extinct by 2005, but here we are in 2025, still dancing with the ionosphere.

Anyway, while we are thinking about the future, maybe this will be
entertaining.

73,

Doug K1DG




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