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[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

We should be thankful for the people that do many other things with ham 
radio!  They are keeping it alive and helping to secure the bands we have.

I am a contester, dxer, ftXer, county hunter, park hunter,fox hunter, 
qrper, 2mer, 450er etc from time to time.  It is great to be able to do 
what you want.

W0MU

On 6/27/2019 9:14 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Well stated Kelly!  The only time that I am on the air is during major 
> contests however I would not disparage hams with other interests than 
> mine.
>
> John KK9A  W4AAA
>
>
>
> Kelly Taylor VE4XT wrote:
>
>
> I simply can’t think of a more worthless pursuit in ham radio than 
> “insert your favourite ham activity here.”
>
> Now it sounds a little petty, doesn’t it? Ham radio’s wide variety of 
> activity means there’s something for everyone. I don’t get the 
> attraction of FT8 — I understand the technology and celebrate its 
> weak-signal ability, but I just don’t see it as ‘fun' at all — can 
> take or leave VHF and UHF FM and never really got into foxhunting. I 
> don’t think anyone can really call themselves a DXer if they’ve ever 
> uttered the words, “When last heard, you were…"
>
> But I don’t dismiss any as ‘worthless.’
>
> Live and let live.
>
> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>
>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 27, 2019, at 3:46 AM, Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I simply can't think of a more worthless pursuit in ham radio than 
>>> contesting.
>>> Even showed up to field day to get a 5.9 GHz radio link going, and 
>>> found out
>>> they can't count it as a "contact" for points.  But hey, we got ARRL
>>> "radiograms", half the length of a tweet and twice as pointless!
>>>
>>> I've been involved in a few towers going up one even for ham radio, 
>>> and I
>>> think the lowest we ever made it was a 52 MHz remote receiver for an 
>>> repeater
>>> input.  I'd love to ask that; "I have a question about my contesting
>>> propagation beacon that has a repeat function too", lolz.
>>>
>>> 73's
>>> -- 
>>> Bryan Fields
>>>
>>> 727-409-1194 - Voice
>>> http://bryanfields.net
>
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