And…I pulled this from one of the contesting reflectors this morning…

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017….

IMO these are no longer Amateur Radio operating skill contests. They

have evolved into Computer operating skill contests, where whoever has

the fastest and most computers and monitors running and can type the

fastest wins. Having to juggle between chat rooms and new digital modes

vs. actually operating radio has gotten to the point of being

ridiculous.

And what's up with everyone trying to use FT8 to make local

6m contacts?

Half the time they never complete because half the people

forgot to change to contest mode for grid square exchanges.

And the idea of everyone trying to use just one frequency for this during a

contest is like having a bunch of CB radios all stuck on channel 19

jamming each other.

There should be _separate_ contests.

Contests for Amateur Radio OPERATORS.

Contests for computers owners.

73

W3DHJ/R -- DM77, DM78, DM87, DM88

Ron

WW8RR

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From: Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Kludt
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 9:53 AM
To: Fourlanders
Subject: [Fourlanders] Transverter Support Already Requested for WSJT-X

Gang,

My WSJT-X box was overflowing today.  Good news on the VHFer front is that support for transverter offsets has already been requested.  This should help a lot with rigs that cannot display the actual frequency.  The one thing that may get in the way is we are a relatively small community competing for the same  programming resources as the HF crowd.

Johnny