Topband: Web SDR's and 'Cheating'

[Ken Claerbout]

Who among us is surprised?  Almost all of the new technology tools (SDR, chatroom, Spectran, etc.) while intriguing and fun to operate, can be used to make QSO's that would not otherwise be made.  I personally have no interest in working DX that way.  It removes some of the challenge that drew me to Topband in the first place.  Sadly, it causes one to look at some achievements on the band with a far more skeptical eye too.

Ken K4ZW