[CQ-Contest] Fwd: Expeditions remote (John Geiger)

[Edward Sawyer]

The comment was made that "it's a dieing hobby".  Actually - its not.  Contesting is on a steady 10 year growth curve which is great to see.  Hopefully it holds this new level as the sunspots start dropping.

DXpeditions are producing incredible QSO numbers.  Far more than most Dxpeditions in the old days.  Unfortunately, in most (almost all) cases the FT8 content is 70 - 90% of those numbers.   Its probably growing in QSO participation but severely going down in SSB side and not going up in the CW side.  If you happen to need a Q on 6, 80 or 160 that isn't FT8, you can pretty much forget about it.  Computer to computer DXing is thriving.  Human modes are in fact dieing.

I personally have all but walked away from DXing  and it has been very sad for me.  But the Contesting is thriving and I am enjoying that focus even more.

Ed  N1UR