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

[robert beaudoin]

         Hi Ed

             Say OM you forgot about RTTY. It's not going down it's 
almost dead !

                         73  BoB WA1FCN

On 1/9/2026 12:11 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> 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
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